Adroa

Adroa

Adroa is a god of the Lugbara people of central Africa.Adroa has two aspects: one good and one evil. He is the creator of Heaven and Earth, and he appears to those about to die. His good and bad aspects are depicted as two half bodies: the evil one is short and coal black while his good aspect is tall and white.Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | contribution = Adroa | editor-last = Cotterell | editor-first = Arthur | title = Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology | volume = | pages = | publisher = Oxford University Press | place = Oxford | year = 1997 | contribution-url = http://www.enotes.com/wm-encyclopedia/adroa | isbn = 0-19-217747-8]

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Lugbara mythology

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