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Visual depiction of Mugasa

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Vol. II · Polytheism · war

Mugasa

Great Lakes water and victory deity


a powerful spirit of the interlacustrine kingdoms invoked for success in war and fishing, his domain the great lakes of East Africa

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
war

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 5) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.