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'''Modimo''' (also spelt as '''Molimo''' in [[Sesotho orthography|Lesotho Sesotho]], and known as '''Mudzimu''' or '''Raluvhimba''' in [[Venda language|Tshivenda]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stayt |first=Hugh A |title=The Bavenda |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=1931 |isbn=9780429942778 |publication-date=2018 |pages=230-236}}</ref> and '''uMlimo''' or '''Zimu''' in [[Southern Ndebele language|Southern]] and [[Northern Ndebele language|Northern Ndebele]]) is a [[Creator deity|creator god]], [[King of the gods|supreme deity]] and [[sky deity]] in the [[Traditional African religion|traditional religion]] of the [[Sotho-Tswana peoples|Sotho-Tswana people]]. Modimo and all its derivatives ultimately stem from the [[Proto-Bantu language|proto-Sotho-Tswana]] prefix ''*mo-'' which indicates personhood + ''*-dzimu'' "above, in the sky"
== Meaning and origins ==
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