::ǃXu (god)
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ǃXu is arguably the main god of the San of southern Africa. He is considered a benevolent and omnipotent supreme being.<ref>Richard Katz, Megan Biesele, Verna St. Denis. </ref> He is also the sky god to whom the souls of the dead go. He is said to "Summon the magicians to their profession, and gives them supernatural powers." The San add that he provides the rain and is invoked in illness, before hunting and before traveling.
The deity is also known as !Xuba, !Xo or !Xoba.<ref>Dorothea F. Bleek, . ISBN 9785882327261 </ref>
Xu, a crater on Rhea, the second largest moon of Saturn, is named after ǃXu.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref> Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN 9780521806336 </ref>
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ǃXu is arguably the main god of the San of southern Africa. He is considered a benevolent and omnipotent supreme being.<ref>Richard Katz, Megan Biesele, Verna St. Denis. </ref> He is also the sky god to whom the souls of the dead go. He is said to "Summon the magicians to their profession, and gives them supernatural powers." The San add that he provides the rain and is invoked in illness, before hunting and before traveling.
The deity is also known as !Xuba, !Xo or !Xoba.<ref>Dorothea F. Bleek, . ISBN 9785882327261 </ref>
Xu, a crater on Rhea, the second largest moon of Saturn, is named after ǃXu.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref> Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN 9780521806336 </ref>
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