Lega · numen · Lega traditional religion; continuing · numen
Kaginga is the incarnation of evil in Lega cosmology, the disordering power that helps witches and sorcerers; the moral instruction and solidarity of Bwami are framed as the counterweight to him.
Domains
evil and disorder
Powers
to aid sorcerers and spread disorder
Sources
Daniel P. Biebuyck, Lega Culture: Art, Initiation, and Moral Philosophy among a Central African People (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973).
Daniel P. Biebuyck, The Arts of Zaire, Vol. 2: Eastern Zaire (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986).