Ombe (the Hidden One)

Lega · numen · Lega traditional religion; continuing · numen

Ombe, 'the Hidden One', names the unsearchable, concealed dimension of the divine in Lega thought, taught in the secret grades of Bwami.

Domains

concealment and mystery

Powers

to remain hidden and unsearchable

Sources

Daniel P. Biebuyck, Lega Culture: Art, Initiation, and Moral Philosophy among a Central African People (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973).

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