Abuk Serpent and Crescent Abuk is the first woman in the myths of the Dinka people of South Sudan, and of the related Nuer, who call her Buk or Acol. She is the only widely known female deity of the Dinka pantheon, serving as patron goddess of women and of gardens, symbolized by a small snake, the moon and sheep, and is described as the mother of the rain and fertility deity Deng.
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Attestation
Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / FunctionAgriculture and harvest 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
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