Shining Mother

The Shining Mother (also known as Vash'Nok) is the principal diety of the Vash'Nok religion, commonly followed by in the Abatwan culture, in Central Africa.

The Shining Mother is believed to have created the world. But when the world was made the Shining Mother felt lonely and sat down on an ant hill and wept. It is said that from the wet earth she created the first Abatwans.

It is a common saying that when it rains, the Shining Mother is crying because of all the beauty in the world.