Mukasa
Mukasa is the most important of the Lubaale (national deities) of Buganda, the powerful god of Lake Victoria (Nalubaale). According to tradition, Mukasa was a human prince transformed into a lake deity because of his extraordinary wisdom and compassion. He lives in a magnificent palace beneath the lake, surrounded by spirit attendants. Mukasa governs the lake's bounty -- fish, calm waters, and storms. Fishermen make offerings of banana beer, coffee berries, and goat meat at his shrines. Mukasa is also a great oracle revealing the future through his priests (mandwa). The most famous shrine is o