Life
angelic intermediate Luba single tradition · 1
Life is a personified entity in Luba mythology that was supposed to reach humans so they could live forever. Life was prevented from reaching Earth when a goat guarding the path mistakenly stopped it instead of allowing it to pass. This personification represents the potential for human immortality that was lost.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Death, Kalumba, Kinbaka-Baka, Kinbumba-Bumba, Kalala Kabwa
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Sources
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Source passages
“The guards were supposed only to let the personification of Life pass so that humans could live forever, but both failed. The dog, on the first watch, fell asleep and let Death in, while the goat stopped Life instead.”
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