| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Akongo" | Ngombe | Supreme and creator god. Ngombe |
| God name "Akongo" | Ngombe / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. The supreme deity considered to have given the world, and all that is in it, form and substance.... |
| God name "Lubangala" | Bakongo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Rainbow god. The chief adversary of the storm god. He stills the thunder and makes his appearance in the sky. Considered to be the guardian of the earth and sea, including the village and its community.... |
| God name "Lubangala Bakongo" | Zaire | God of the Rainbow Zaire |
| Spirit name "Ma Kiela" | Bakongo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Female spirit being. The deified head of a band of mortal women who died specifically from knife wounds.... |
"Ma Kiela Bakongo" | Zaire | The deified head of a band of mortal women |
| God name "Nazambi/ Nyambi/ Nzambe/ Yambe/ Zambi Bakongo" | Zaire | The creator god |
| Monster name "Nkadimpemba" | Kongo | The word coined by the missionaries in the Kongo to convey their ideas of that prong-tailed fire-loving monster they call the Christians' devil |
| God name "Nzambi" | Bakongo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. He created the first mor tal pair or, in alternative tradition, an androgy nous being in the guise of a palm tree called Muntu Walunga (the complete person). He also endowed this being with intelligence. In wooden sculptures the tree bears a woman's head and breast on one side and a bearded face on the other. Eventually the tree divided into two sepa rate sexes. Also Nyambi; Nzambe; Yambe; Zambi.... |
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