The goddess Ajana Alla is sometimes credited as the creator of the world, sometimes as the creator of the universe. Her relationship to Aculaguna is uncertain under the latter belief; sometimes they are spouses, sometimes she is being her own mother, thus the translation ‘womb of the mother.’ Ajana Alla is also believed to be embodied in Terra itself, lending religious conviction to the concern many Malivians have for the environment, as well as her association with farming.