Mboze
deity sky African single tradition · 2
Mboze is known as the Great Mother in Kongo oral tradition and is the mother of Bunzi. She possessed rain-bringing power which was inherited by her daughter Bunzi after Mboze was killed by her husband Kuitikuiti for her transgression of bearing a child with their son Makanga.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Moni-Mambu, Mpulu Bunzi, Ngonda, Ntangu, Na Ngutu, Nzumbi, Simbi bia Maza, Mbumba, Nzazi, Mukasa, Wanema, Musisi, Kibuka, Nzambi Ampungu, Nzambici, Kalunga, Katonda, Ggulu, Kitaka, Kiwanuka, Nambi, Warumbe, Wanga, Owazi, Chicamassichinuinji, Dinganga, Funza, Funzi, Kimbazi, Lubangala, Lusiemo, Lusunzi, Ma Kiela, Mamba Muntu, Mbantilanda, Mbenza
- consort of
- Kuitikuiti
Mentioned by
- Mukasa
- Wanema
- Musisi
- Kibuka
- Nzambi Ampungu
- Nzambici
- Kalunga
- Katonda
- Ggulu
- Kitaka
- Kiwanuka
- Nambi
- Warumbe
- Wanga
- Owazi
- Chicamassichinuinji
and 11 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Mboze”
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“According to Kongo oral tradition, Bunzi is the daughter of Mboze, the Great Mother and wife of Kuitikuiti. When he learned the biological father of Bunzi was their son Makanga, he killed Mboze for her transgression.”
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