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Abuk and Garang

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A B U K  🌙 In Dinka mythology, Abuk is the first woman, who is later turned into a goddess. She looks after women as well as gardens. She is represented by a snake, but is also associated with sheep and the moon.

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myths around the world challenge: @ibuzoo & @thewinedarksea

dinka - abuk, goddess of women and gardens

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* fyeahmyth’s two week summer event: Day 9, “African Deity.” *

Abuk is the first woman in the myths of the Dinka people of South Sudan and the Nuer of South Sudan and Ethiopia,  and She is the patron goddess of women as well as gardens. All human people would have become famished if not for the fact Abuk went to steal the food the people needed. [ X ]

Photography by Emily Soto

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ABUK // DINKA PATRON GODDESS OF WOMEN

“She is the first woman in the myths of the Dinka people of South Sudan and the Nuer of South Sudan and Ethiopia, who call her Buk or Acol. She is the only well-known female deity of the Dinka. She is also the patron goddess of women as well as gardens. Her emblem or symbols are, a small snake, the moon and sheep. She is the mother of the god of rain and fertility (Denka).”

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Abuk - pastel and Chalk on board 24" x 36" Goddess A Day Series #Abuk #goddessaday https://www.instagram.com/p/CMHhEy3Fs-L/?igshid=sihinom5eje1