RG ST 12 Lecture 17: RS 12 3/9
Document Summary
Unlike creator god(s), ancestors have direct impact of lives of human families, clans. Ancestors aid families, in return for which expect to receive sacrifices. Before birth, human soul comprises two spirit families living far apart in heaven. One family concerned with biological life, the other with the life of the human mind. At birth, both spirit families compresses into single body to become his double soul ( dark shadow / light shadow ) At death/transformation into an ancestor, dark shadow returns to heaven, while. Light shadow remains on earth among the living. Diagnosis includes name of ancestor, appropriate sacrifice. Heirs to kingdom of buganda (1400 ce>>) Became a portion of uganda in 1900. Sse-kabaka, the divinized former king, lives in a shrine that is: An opening onto forest of the dead. Kintu (earth) x nnabi, daughter of ggulu (sky) Nnabi commits fault, pursued by brother walumbe (death) The descendants of kintu will never be finished.
