Utixo or Tiqua was a god of the
Khoi
Khoekhoen (singular Khoekhoe) (or Khoikhoi in the former orthography; formerly also '' Hottentots''"Hottentot, n. and adj." ''OED Online'', Oxford University Press, March 2018, www.oed.com/view/Entry/88829. Accessed 13 May 2018. Citing G. S. ...
(the native
pastoralist people of Southwestern Africa).
Utixo was a benevolent deity who lived in the sky, sending rain for the crops, and speaking with thunder. Utixo is sometimes translated as ''wounded knee''.
One story that has survived in Christian literature, was that Utixo sent a message to his people that death would not be eternal. He used a rabbit to carry the message. The rabbit became confused, reversed the message, and ended up telling men that they would not rise again.
Utixo was the word that missionaries used for translating ''God'' into
Khoikhoi
Khoekhoen (singular Khoekhoe) (or Khoikhoi in the former orthography; formerly also '' Hottentots''"Hottentot, n. and adj." ''OED Online'', Oxford University Press, March 2018, www.oed.com/view/Entry/88829. Accessed 13 May 2018. Citing G. S. ...
. The
Zulus
Zulu people (; zu, amaZulu) are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa. The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Na ...
call the God
UNkulunkulu Unkulunkulu (/uɲɠulun'ɠulu/), often formatted as uNkulunkulu,Weir, Jennifer. "Whose Unkulunkulu?" ''Africa (pre-2011)'', vol. 75, no. 2, 2005, pp. 203-219''.'' is the Supreme Creator in the language of the Zulu people. Originally a "first ancest ...
, the Great One, and uMvelinqangi, the one was before all were.
References
* Hahn, Theophilus (1881) ''Tsuni-Goam, the Supreme Being of the Khoi-Khoi'' Trübner, London;
* Kidd, Dudley (1904) ''The Essential Kafir'' A. and C. Black, London;
* Massey, Gerald (1881) ''Book of the Beginnings, containing an attempt to recover and reconstitute the lost origines
icof the myths and mysteries, types and symbols, religion and language, with Egypt for the mouthpiece and Africa as the birthplace'' Williams and Norgate, London;
Sky and weather gods
Thunder gods
Khoi mythology
Rain deities
See also
*
Khoikhoi mythology
Khoekhoen (singular Khoekhoe) (or Khoikhoi in the former orthography; formerly also '' Hottentots''"Hottentot, n. and adj." ''OED Online'', Oxford University Press, March 2018, www.oed.com/view/Entry/88829. Accessed 13 May 2018. Citing G. S. ...
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