The Divine Kingship of the Shilluk of the Nilotic Sudan

Record summary

P. P. Howell’s study of Shilluk kingship is a lead for examining how deceased rulers remain socially and ritually present through royal institutions, succession, ceremony and oral tradition. It may help separate reports of an apparition from claims about continuing political or sacred agency. The material concerns a documented cultural tradition, not a modern paranormal investigation, and the exact publication details and treatment of ghost language should be checked in the original edition. Colonial-era descriptions may also impose European categories on Shilluk concepts. This is AI-recalled discovery material only.