Simbi
Kongo · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Bisimbi: local water and earth nature-spirits guarding springs and fertility and ferrying souls across the kalunga.
Domains
- water springs
- land fertility
- the dead and the ancestors
Powers
- Guard springs, rivers, and the land's fertility
- Carry souls between the living and the dead
- Appear as snake, fire-spark, vine or human
- Travel the kalunga line between the living and the dead
Relations
- descendant of: Nzambi a MpunguThe bisimbi nature-spirits derive from the supreme creator Nzambi a Mpungu, maker of the nature-spirits.W. MacGaffey, Religion and Society in Central Africa (1986) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: MacGaffey, Religion and Society in Central Africa (1986) (secondary)