There would have been a multiplicity of deities and the recognition of a Supreme Being, with the former regarded as 'emissaries' or 'facilitators' of the latter, and thus constantly beseeched for assistance in one form or another by the people.
Each Nok village or neighbourhood (in cities) would have had a particular deity that was popular in it's territory. Likewise, individuals would have been free to choose their own deity out of what would have been scores of them known to the people, their choice dependent on anything from following family tradition, to a barren woman choosing to venerate a fertility goddess, in the hope of giving birth.
Edited by Felakuti - 19-Sep-2011 at 23:54