Bemba
deity African single tradition · 2
Bemba is the creator god in the traditional religion of the Bambara people of Mali. The deity is portrayed as consisting of four distinct beings (Pemba, Nyale, Faro, and Ndomadyiri) united as one. Although often referred to as male, Bemba is hermaphroditic, with male aspects represented by Pemba and Ndomadyiri, and female aspects represented by Nyale and Faro.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Chiwara, Duga, Kontron, Muso Koroni, Ninimini, Sanen, Suruku, Teliko, Musukoroni, Anansi, Nyame, Bosomtwe, Tano, Owuo, Abu-Mehsu, Amokye, Asase Ya, Ntikuma, Katarwiri, Kwase Benefo, Kweku Tsin, Abam Kofi, Jok Odudu
- manifests as
- Faro, Ndomadyiri, Pemba, Nyale
- creator of
- Koni
Mentioned by
- Anansi
- Nyame
- Bosomtwe
- Tano
- Owuo
- Abu-Mehsu
- Amokye
- Asase Ya
- Ntikuma
- Katarwiri
- Kwase Benefo
- Kweku Tsin
- Abam Kofi
- Jok Odudu
- Nya
- Nyawrole
and 3 more
Sources
Source passages
“Bemba”
#2536 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“It is said that Bemba created the first set of twins, Musukoroni and Pemba, who initially lived in the heavens. They chose to leave heaven when Bemba did not reveal to them which of his creation he most preferred.”
#3415 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5