Malumbe
Ila · numen · Ila traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Malumbe is one of the tutelary divinities of the Ila, named in the graded scheme of their spiritual beings alongside Sikaumpa of Baambwe and Simunenga of Maala. Little narrative is preserved of the figure beyond its rank: like the other community shades, Malumbe stands above the many family mizhimo and below Bulongo, the archmuzimu of the whole land, with Leza supreme over all. The name marks one more of the local guardian ancestors through whom particular Ila communities kept their bond with the unseen powers.
Domains
- ancestral guardianship
Powers
- guards a local Ila community as its tutelary shade
Sources
- Malumbe is named among the tutelary spirits of local Ila communities, listed with Sikaumpa of Baambwe and Simunenga of Maala as ranking below the archmuzimu Bulongo and Leza the Creator.: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Ila' (people of Zambia) (secondary)