Juok is the name of the most high creator God for the tribes on the upper reaches of the

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. For some including the Shilluk, Dinka and Nuer, Luo he is the Creator God and is omnipresent.

Nyikang Nyikang was a semi-legendary founder of the Shilluk Kingdom, in the 16th century. He is a notion by which the Shilluk people apprehend a unity and coherence in the specifically Shilluk world. Etymology The theonym Nyikango, pronounced Níkàŋō ...

, a legendary king, is often invoked as an intermediary especially by the Shilluk. Other

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tribes, for example the

Acholi Acholi may refer to: * Acholi people, a Luo nation of Uganda, in the Northern part of the country. * Acholi language, a Nilotic language * Acholi Inn, a building in Gulu, Uganda * Acholi nationalism, a political ideology of Acholi people {{dab ...

and Lango, use the possibly related term Jok only for local and/or ancestral spirits.Cotterell, Arthur (1979)''A Dictionary of World Mythology''.

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