Nzambi a Mpungu

Kongo · deity · primordial · deity

Supreme creator God of the Bakongo, remote maker of the two worlds and the nature-spirits.

Children

Mahungu

Domains

creation
supreme deity

Powers

Create the worlds of the living and the dead
Bring forth the simbi nature-spirits

Epithets

Nzambi a Mpungu

Relations

spouse: Nzambici
equated with: the Withdrawing Creator

Sources

MacGaffey, Religion and Society in Central Africa (1986)

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