Simbi
Kongo · deity · mythic · deity
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
Sources
- MacGaffey, Religion and Society in Central Africa (1986)
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