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Katonda

Bantu Deities

Katonda is the name used for the supreme creator god in the traditional religion of the Baganda people of present-day Uganda, considered the father and leader of the Baganda pantheon known collectively as the balubaale. Katonda is credited with fashioning the first human, Kintu, and with bringing forth Bukulu, whose offspring make up most of the balubaale pantheon, and Katonda also oversees the afterlife and judges humans after death, while remaining a distant figure dwelling in the heavens rather than intervening directly in earthly affairs.

Facts
Attestation
Veneration Today
Historically attested; no continuous cult 1
Historicity
Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1
Function
Domain / Function
Creation and cosmogony 1
Identity
Gender
Male 2
Belief
Theology
Polytheistic: 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
2. Encyclopedia of African Religion
Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama, editors, SAGE Publications
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