Qamata

Sources describe Qamata as the creator of the heavens and earth and the originating authority in a cosmology where Qamata instructs ancestors. During their existence in the physical world, and by the instruction of Qamata, ancestors are said to have created further spiritual entities responsible for guiding human life on earth. This positions Qamata as the initiating source of the layered system linking the living, ancestors, and secondary spirit-entities.

The cited material does not give a corporeal or anthropomorphic description of Qamata. One source states, “The God has neither part nor lot in physical appearance (gender, colour, etc.),” and Qamata is presented as a transcendent, non-physical supreme being whose presence is often symbolized by the Sun.

Qamata is credited as the creator of the heavens and earth and is described in the sources as the supreme and omnipresent God. The being is described as giving instruction to ancestors (who during their earthly existence, by Qamata’s instruction, created spiritual entities to guide human life). Qamata is also the source of blessings confirmed through human ritual practice; the sources do not ascribe further specific powers such as physical manifestations or direct punitive acts.