As another example, Jesus Christ is referred to as mwana wa Mulungu ("child of Mulungu") in modern religious songs in Chichewa language (Malawi). The word was also used in Swahili Islamic literature before the derivative name "Mungu" became more common. See also Bantu mythology Syncretism Footnotes References Bleeker, C. J. and G. Widengreen (1971), Historia Religionum, Brill. (On GoogleBooks) Ehret, Christopher (1998), An African Classical Age. Frankl, P. J. L. (1990), The word for "God" in Swahili, «Journal of Religion in Africa» XX (3) (Estratto su JStor) Gonzales, Rhonda, Societies, Religions, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE. Online text Nurse, Derek and Thomas J. Hinnebusch. Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History. University of California Press, Los Angeles, 1993. Bantu mythology African gods Thunder gods Sky and weather gods Names of God in African traditional religions