Hitchhiker's Guide to Religion
African

Unkulunkulu

"The Old Old One" Who Emerged from the Reed Bed

African Creation, emergence, the principle of beginning, all Zulu life Before human time; his withdrawal into the sky is the beginning of the human-Zulu cosmological era; Zulu religious practice continuous from pre-colonial South Africa to present KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (primary homeland of the Zulu people); related traditions among the Swazi, Ndebele, and other Nguni peoples
Portrait of Unkulunkulu
Portrait of Unkulunkulu
Rank Supreme Creator; First Ancestor
Domain Creation, emergence, the principle of beginning, all Zulu life
Period Before human time; his withdrawal into the sky is the beginning of the human-Zulu cosmological era; Zulu religious practice continuous from pre-colonial South Africa to present
Alignment Zulu Sacred
Power MYTHIC 89

Attributes

ATK
80
DEF
95
SPR
88
SPD
70
INT
85
CHA
92
WIS
99
END
99

Combat Profile

ATK DEF SPR SPD INT CHA WIS END
Special Move

First Emergence

Unkulunkulu restructures reality itself, causing all entities to reset to their primordial forms and giving him control over their resurrection

Passive

Creator's Omniscience

Unkulunkulu perceives all beginnings and endings simultaneously, granting immunity to deception and precognition of all actions

Weakness

Distance from human affairs; Unkulunkulu created the world and then withdrew into the spiritual realm, no longer directly intervening

“Unkulunkulu emerged from the reed. All things came through him. Now he has withdrawn, and we speak to our ancestors.” — Zulu saying

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Nemesis / Counter

The ancestors (amadlozi) who are closer and more responsive than Unkulunkulu

Primary Source

Zulu oral tradition; documented in ethnographic studies; E. Casalis and other missionary-era documentation

Before human time; his withdrawal into the sky is the beginning of the human-Zulu cosmological era; Zulu religious practice continuous from pre-colonial South Africa to present — See in timeline
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