nkita
nature_spirit intermediate Kongo people single tradition · 1
Nkita are nature spirits created by Nzambici and Nzambi to guide man. They live in the mystical forest, mfinda, that runs between the physical world, Nseke, and the spiritual world, Mpémba. They can travel from one world to the other and advise the living.
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“To guide man, Nzambici and Nzambi created nature spirits—simbi, nkisi, nkita, and kilundu—and separated the physical world, called Nseke, from the spiritual world, called Mpémba, with a boundary of water, called the kalûnga line.”
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