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nkulu. It has been said that by umuntu we are to understand simply a person. But umuntu means a human being. And it is more in accordance with the religious system of the natives to give it that meaning here. They are ancestor-worshippers, and believe that their first ancestor — the first man — was the creator. Unkulunkulu means the old-old-one, the most ancient man. In like manner Arjuna ad dresses Krishna as, " Thou first of the gods, the most ancient person." (Hardwick. Christ and other Masters. Vol. /., p. 242. ) And the king Satravata addresses " Hari, the preserver of the universe," thus, " O first male ; the lord of creation, of preservation, of destruction !" (Id., p. 314J
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The Religious System of the Amazulu by Henry Callaway (1870) documents the sacred beliefs, creation myths, and divination practices of the Zulu people of South Africa — the most authoritative early record of Zulu spiritual tradition, with original Zulu texts alongside English translation.

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