The Somali people in pre-Islamic times are believed to have adhered to a complex monotheistic belief system, with a set of deities superseded by a single all-powerful figure called Eebe (God, also known as Waaq).
•
Places such as Abudwaq, Ceel Waaq ("Well of God") and other similar towns with the name Waq in it suggest a relation to the old Waaq worship practiced in the Horn.
Waaq, the name of God in the traditional religion of many Cushitic people in the Horn of Africa
Waaq |