What is "qamata"

n. The chief deity in traditional Xhosa religion.

Qamatha is the most prominent god in the Xhosa people of south-eastern Africa. Qamatha is the child of the sun god, Thixo, and the earth goddess, Jobela.

There are few certain beliefs about Qamatha other than that he is omnipresent and that there is no other being like him. One act that may signify worship of or respect for him involves small artificial heaps of stones or cairns scattered about the land. A traveller may often be seen adding a stone to such cairns "for Qamatha," in hopes of being granted luck or good fortune in whatever he happens to be thinking of at the time.

Qamata may refer to:

• Qamata, creator god of the Xhosa
• In Chris Hani District, Eastern Cape, South Africa:
  • Qamata River, mouth
  • Qamata Basin
  • Qamata, Eastern Cape, a small town,
  • Qamata Poort, a village,
  • Qamata Station, a railway station,
  • Qamata Township, township of Intsika Yethu Municipality