User:JasminBlanco/Zulu traditional religion

Zulu traditional religion consists of the beliefs and spiritual practices of the Zulu people of Southern Africa. It contains numerous deities commonly associated with animals or general classes of natural phenomena. ''' Unkulunkulu is known to be the Supreme Creator. '''

Unkulunkulu ("the greatest one") was created in Uhlanga, a huge swamp of reeds before he came to Earth.  Individuals base their morality or behavior ethics on his judgment or “apprehension of the Ultimate Reality.”  Unkulunkulu is sometimes conflated with the sky god Umvelinqangi (meaning "he who was in the very beginning"),  the  god of thunder, earthquake whose other name is Unsondo, and is the son of, Unkulunkulu, the Father, and Nomkhubulwane, the Mother.[citation needed]

The word nomkhubulwane means the one who shapeshifts into any form of an animal. Another name given for the supreme being Unkulunkulu is uSomandla, the ultimate source of all existence. European settlers used the word Unkulunkulu in order to try to explain their belief in the God of the Bible to the people of Zululand.[citation needed]