Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

84 Dzivagurusettlers from the north who had been used to acold, bleak climate and who needed a supremedeity more relevant to a hot, dry environment.DzivaguruChthonic mother goddess. Korekore (Shona)[northern Zimbabwe, southern Africa]. Originallysaid to have ruled both heaven and earth andlived in a palace by a sacred lake near Dande.She is depicted wearing goatskins and bearinga cornucopia holding magical substances.Her sacred creatures are mythical goldensunbirds, probably modeled on swallows, apair of which were actually discovered inZimbabwe.