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Ngai

 

(African mythology)

Literally, ‘sky’. The rain god of the Maasai in East Africa. En-kai, a remote deity, is Parsai, ‘the one who is worshipped’, and Emayian, ‘the one who blesses’. In their rituals the nomadic Maasai use grass.

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Ngai (Enkai, En-kai, Engai, Eng-ai, Mweai, Mwiai) is the supreme God in the religions of the Kamba, Kikuyu and Maasai tribes of Kenya. According to the Kikuyu beliefs, he lives on the holy mountain Kirinyaga (Mount Kenya).

According to the Kamba, he lives somewhere in a hiding place and no one knows where.

Although Maasai people have also converted to Christianity, many still practice their traditional religion. The Maasai believe that he is the god of the sun, love and was the creator of the world; in another one of their traditions, this god married Olapa (the goddess of the moon).

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