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Juok is the name of the most high creator God for the tribes on the upper reaches of the Nile. For some including the Shilluk, Dinka and Nuer, Luo he is the Creator God and is omnipresent. Nyikang, a legendary king, is often invoked as an intermediary especially by the Shilluk. Other Nilotic tribes, for example the Acholi and Lango, use the possibly related term Jok only for local and/or ancestral spirits.

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  • Juok is the name of the most high creator God for the tribes on the upper reaches of the Nile. For some including the Shilluk, Dinka and Nuer, Luo he is the Creator God and is omnipresent. Nyikang, a legendary king, is often invoked as an intermediary especially by the Shilluk. Other Nilotic tribes, for example the Acholi and Lango, use the possibly related term Jok only for local and/or ancestral spirits. (en)
  • Jwok ou Juok est un terme qui sert à désigner les puissances surnaturelles et spirituelles (dieu créateur, esprits bénéfiques ou maléfiques, ancêtres divinisés) chez certains peuples nilotiques du Soudan du Sud et de l'Ouganda dont les Shilluk, les Anyuak et les Dinka. (fr)
  • Джуок (Джок, Джуок-Атанг, Чуокатанг) — в мифологии шиллук верховное божество, демиург. (ru)
  • Juok var hos i Sudan en skapelsegud som använde lera i olika färger för att skapa de olika människoraserna. (sv)
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  • Juok is the name of the most high creator God for the tribes on the upper reaches of the Nile. For some including the Shilluk, Dinka and Nuer, Luo he is the Creator God and is omnipresent. Nyikang, a legendary king, is often invoked as an intermediary especially by the Shilluk. Other Nilotic tribes, for example the Acholi and Lango, use the possibly related term Jok only for local and/or ancestral spirits. (en)
  • Jwok ou Juok est un terme qui sert à désigner les puissances surnaturelles et spirituelles (dieu créateur, esprits bénéfiques ou maléfiques, ancêtres divinisés) chez certains peuples nilotiques du Soudan du Sud et de l'Ouganda dont les Shilluk, les Anyuak et les Dinka. (fr)
  • Джуок (Джок, Джуок-Атанг, Чуокатанг) — в мифологии шиллук верховное божество, демиург. (ru)
  • Juok var hos i Sudan en skapelsegud som använde lera i olika färger för att skapa de olika människoraserna. (sv)
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  • Jwok (fr)
  • Juok (en)
  • Джуок (ru)
  • Juok (sv)
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