CAELESTIS (Carthaginian - Northern Africa)

Moon goddess. The Romanized form of the Punic goddess Tanit. Elsewhere she became sycretized into the cult of Aphrodite-Venus. Annual games were held in her honor. She was brought to Rome in the form of an abstract block of stone (like that of Kybele from Pessinus) and became popular there during the early part of the third century AD; in this guise she was known as the "mighty protectress of the Tarpeian hill."

CGHENE (Isoko - Southern Nigeria, West Africa)

Creator god. An abstract being who is embodied by a mediator in the form of a sacred wooden totem, the Oyise. The god has no temples or priests.

CHIUKE (Ibo - Nigeria, West Africa)

Sky god. Regarded as a creator god.

COL (Nuer - Sudan, North Africa)
Also known as CHOL.

Rain god. He brings rain and thunderstorms. Souls of people killed by lightening have been described as colwic.

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