Umvelinqangi is the Sky God from the Zulu mythology

Zulu mythology

Zulu mythology contains numerous deities, commonly associated with animals or general classes of natural phenomena.Unkulunkulu is the highest God and is the creator of humanity. Unkulunkulu was created in Uhlanga , a huge swamp of reeds, before he came to Earth...

. He has a voice like thunder and is known to send down lightning bolts. He descended from heaven

Heaven

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 to marry Uthlanga, and is said to have created the primeval

Primeval

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 reeds from which Unkulunkulu

Unkulunkulu

Unkulunkulu is the creator god in the language of the Zulu people. Unkulunkulu is believed to be father of Jesus and the term "Nkulunkulu" simply means "God". Other names include uMdali "Creator", uMvelinqandi "Before everything" also is uMvelinqangi in isiXhosa language...

emerged. Separate but related histories attribute male and female gender to a god with the same name and similar attributes.