Mbumba
deity water African single tradition · 2
Mbumba is the rainbow water serpent in Yombe tradition. Phulu Bunzi devised a pact between Nzazi and Mbumba to create harmony between earth and sky, but later Phulu Bunzi blamed Mbumba for the death of his son and cut off Mbumba's head.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Moni-Mambu, Mpulu Bunzi, Ngonda, Ntangu, Na Ngutu, Nzumbi, Simbi bia Maza, 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, Kuitikuiti, Makanga, Mboze
- enemy of
- Bunzi
- allied with
- Nzazi
- manifests as
- rainbow water serpent
Mentioned by
- Mukasa
- Wanema
- Musisi
- Kibuka
- Nzambi Ampungu
- Nzambici
- Kalunga
- Katonda
- Ggulu
- Kitaka
- Kiwanuka
- Nambi
- Warumbe
- Wanga
- Owazi
- Chicamassichinuinji
and 14 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Mbumba”
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“He is said to have devised a pact between Nzazi (the god of thunder) and Mbumba (the rainbow water serpent) to create harmony between the earth and the skies. Consequently, Phulu Bunzi blamed Mbumba and cut his head off.”
#3021 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5