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Ajok is also associated with the Lotuko myth of the rainmaker. The rainmaker is a being named Ibon and the personification of this role is bestowed to the leader of the Lotuko community. According to the myth, when the rain pours from the sky, the spirits of the dead are entreating Ajok on behalf of
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Ajok plays a central role in the Lotuko myth of how death became a permanent state for living beings. It is said that the child of the first woman and the man of humans had passed away, and the first woman asked for Ajok’s help to revive the child. Ajok did so, but the husband of the woman found out
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