NjambiKnown The Sky Father, The Tree Spirit
Name:
Njambi
Known
Aliases: The Sky Father, The Tree Spirit
Culture: Herero people of
Namibia
Gender: Male
Classification:
Primordial God
Element:
Carbon
Sacred
Place: Okuruo
Ndjambi is a sky god of the
Herero people in south west Africa. He is the creator of the Primoradial
Omumborombonga tree from which Mukuru, the first human emerges, With his wife
Kamungarunga they become the progenitors of all humans.
Ndjambi Karunga, an
omnipresent God who lives in Heaven, from where he protects and blesses his
people with benevolence.
He is the source of all good
deeds and to commit acts of kindness is to honor him.
Whoever dies a natural death
is borne aloft by him.
The place of worship is a
sacred shrine, called Okuruo, standing prominently inside the village and can
only be accessed by the priest who performs religious rituals.
the Okuruo contains the
‘holy fire’ that symbolizes life, prosperity and fertility
The Herero do not speak to
Ndjambi directly instead using their anscectors to convey messages to the deity
for help or protection.
But it is not permissible to
utter his name except of certain special occasions.
