Aiwel

   Founder of the hereditary priesthood known as the Spear Masters by the Dinka people of the upper Nile. Aiwel’s mother conceived him by allowing the waters of the river to enter her after her own husband had died. From early childhood Aiwel possessed the ability of a Spear Master to make his word come true, no matter what the consequences. In some versions of the myth he is known as Aiwel Longar, or simply Longar, a name taken from an ox that he acquired.