Abuk (mythology)
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Abuk (mythology)
Abuk (mythology)
Abuk is the first woman in the myths of the Dinka people of South Sudan and the Nuer of South Sudan and Ethiopia, who call her Buk [1] or Acol. [2] She is the only well-known female deity of the Dinka.[3] She is also the patron goddess of women as well as gardens. Her emblem or symbols are, a small snake, the moon and sheep. [2] She is the mother of the god of rain and fertility (Denka). The story from her birth to marriage and child-birth is:[2]
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[1]
Citation Linkbooks.google.comBeswick, Stephanie (2004). Sudan's Blood Memory: The Legacy of War, Ethnicity, and Slavery in South Sudan. Boydell & Brewer. p. 128. ISBN 1-58046-151-4.
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Citation Linkbooks.google.comMonaghan, Patricia (1 April 2014). Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines (revised ed.). New World Library. ISBN 1608682188. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
Sep 18, 2019, 7:30 PM
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Citation Linkbooks.google.comLienhardt, Godfrey (1987). Divinity and Experience: The Religion of the Dinka. Oxford University Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-19-823405-8.
Sep 18, 2019, 7:30 PM
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Citation Linkbooks.google.comSudan's Blood Memory: The Legacy of War, Ethnicity, and Slavery in South Sudan
Sep 18, 2019, 7:30 PM
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Citation Linkbooks.google.comDivinity and Experience: The Religion of the Dinka
Sep 18, 2019, 7:30 PM
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