Zulu mythology

Okpukpe omenala Ndị Zulu nwere ike na ime omume ike nke ndị Zulu nke ndị Afrịka.  O nwera ọtụtụ chi ndị a na-ebube na ụmụ anụmanụ ma ọ bụ ụdị ihe okike n'ozuzu.  A mara Unkulunku dị ka Onye Okike Kasị Elu.

## Nkwenkwe Ndị E kweere

### Onye Okike na ndị nna nna ya
Dị ka okpukpe ndị ọzọ nke Bantu, ndị na-agbaso okpukpe ọdịnala Zulu kwenyere na ịsọpụrụ ndị nna nna (Amadlozi) na ọtụtụ chi. A na-ebufe nkwenkwe ndị a site n'ọnụ site na akụkọ gafee ọgbọ. Ọ bụ ezie na nkọwa nke akụkọ ndị a nwere ike ịdịgasị iche, ha na-enwekarị otu isiokwu ahụ, dị ka na ụwa mmadụ na ụwa mmụọ nwere njikọ, na omume ịgba afa eji ejikọta ala ndị a. Ọrụ na mmekọrịta nke chi eluigwe Umvelinqangi na Unkulunkulu, chi kachasị elu na onye okike nke ihe a kpọrọ mmadụ, na-agbanwekarị dabere na akụkọ ahụ.

E kere UmkhuluwoMkhulu ("nke kachasị ukwuu") na Uhlanga,  nnukwu ahịhịa ahịhịhịa, tupu ya abịa n'Ụwa. Ndị mmadụ n'otu n'otu na-adabere n'omume ha ma ọ bụ omume ha na mkpebi ya ma ọ bụ "mghọta nke Eziokwu Kasị Elu".

****A na-akpata Unkulunkulu na chi ndị mmadụ Umvelinqangi[1] (nke ndị "onye nọ n'ụdị"), chi égbè ndị, ala ọma jijiji nke aha ọzọ bụ Unsondo, ọ bụkwa nwa Unkulunkulu, Nna, na Nomkhubulwane, Nne. &#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>

Okwu ''nomkhubulwane'' pụtara onye na-agbanwe n'ụdị anụmanụ ọ bụla. Aha ọzọ e nyere maka onye kachasị elu bụ Umkhuluwomkhulu bụ uSomandla, isi iyi nke ịdị adị niile. Ndị bi na Europe jiri okwu Unkulunkulu mee ihe iji gbalịa ịkọwa nkwenye ha na Chineke nke Bible nye ndị Zululand.   <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

Dị ka Irvin Hexham si kwuo (1981), "enweghi ihe mgbaàmà nke ikwere na chi ejide ma ọ bụ chi ejide n'okpukpe Zulu tupu ndị Europe n'azụrute".[1]  Otú ọ dị, ndị ọkà n'asụsụ ndị ọzọ dị ka Eileen Jensen Krige, Isaac Schapera, Axel-Ivar Berglund (1976), Hammond-Took, na John Mbiti ekwetaghị na nsogbu Hexham.  Ha na-ekwu na "Onyenwe ejide" ma ọ bụ chi ejide Zulu adịla mgbe niile na usoro omenala Zulu, chi ha na-ekwu bụ onye ka ukwuu ọzọ "onye nna ochie na onye okike, Unkulunkulu".

### Chi ndị ọzọ

* Nomhoyi/Mamlambo, chi nwanyị nke osimiri
* Nomkhubulwane, mgbe ụfọdụ a na-akpọ Zulu Demeter, onye bụ chi nwanyị nke eke na egwurugwu, ọrụ ugbo, Mmiri ozuzo na biya (nke o mepụtara) 
* Inkosazana, chi nwanyị ọmụmụ ọzọ
* uNgungi, chi nke ndị na-akpụ ihe
* i*nyanga* chi nwanyị ọnwa na ndị dibịa afa a na-akpọ IziNyanga, okwu nyanga bụ okwu Zulu maka ọnwa
* Sonzwaphi chi nke ọgwụgwọ
* Ukhulukhulwana (ma ọ bụ UkhuluKhukwan) bụ kpakpando bụ nna nna nke sitere na kpakpando wee chọta ndị Zulu oge ochie na-ebi ndụ dị ka anụmanụ na-enweghị iwu. Ọ kụziiri ha iwu ụlọ ma kụziere ha iwu dị elu nke isiNtu. A na-enyo okwu *unkulunkulu* enyo na ọ bụ nrụrụ aka nke okwu *umkhuluwomkhulu*.   &#x5B;**&#x5D;

## Hụkwa

* Okpukpe Bantu
* Ndepụta nke chi Africa
* Okpukpe ọdịnala nke Africa
* Usiququmadevu

## Ihe edeturu na ntụaka

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## Ịgụ ihe ọzọ

* Hexham, Irvin, ((1981) Onyenwe Eluigwe-Eze nke ụwa: Zulu Traditional Religion and Belief in the Sky God, Sciences Religieuses Studies in Religion, vol. 10: 273–78)
* Berglund, Axel-Ivar, (1976) Zulu Thought-Patterns and Symbolism, London: C. Hurst
* John S. Mbiti, okpukpe na nkà ihe ọmụma Afrịka. Usoro Ndị edemede Africa. Heinemann [1969] (1990).   ISBN&nbsp;
* Werner, Alice, Myths and Legends of the Bantu, Library of Alexandria (1968)