Editing Dinka religion (section)

== Creation of humans and life ==
The supreme, creator god, [[Nhialic]] (pronounced as Nhialich), is the god of the sky and rain, and the ruler of all the other gods and spirits. He is generally seen as distant from humans. Nhialic is also known as Jaak, Juong or Dyokin by other [[Nilotic people|Nilotic groups]] such as the [[Nuer people|Nuer]] and [[Shilluk people|Shilluk]]. Nhialic created [[Ex nihilo|ex-nihilo]] and rarely involves itself with the affairs of humans.<ref name="Lienhardt">{{Cite book |last=Lienhardt |first=Godfrey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7Y4X9kHeU8C |title=Divinity and Experience : The Religion of the Dinka: The Religion of the Dinka |date=1961-01-01 |publisher=Oxford University Press, UK |isbn=978-0-19-159185-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Jok 2010"/>

There are several versions of the Dinka creation myth which mainly concerns itself with the creation of humans. The first humans are Garang and Abuk. In some cases Nhialic created humans by blowing them out of its nose, other accounts say humans originated from the sky and were placed in the river where they came as fully formed adults. Other accounts say that humans were molded as clay figures and placed to mature in pots. Garang and Abuk were made out of the clay of [[Sudan]].<ref name="Lienhardt"/>

Nhialic told them to multiply and that their children would die but would come back to life within 15 days. Garang protested that if nobody dies permanently then there would not be enough food. Nhialic then introduced permanent death. Nhialic commanded them to only plant one seed of grain a day or gave them one grain to eat a day. Being hungry, everyday Abuk made a paste with the grain to make the food last longer. However, when Abuk disobeyed and planted more Nhialic cut the rope that connected Heaven and Earth.