Bunzi

Bunzi
Venerated inKongo religion
SymbolWater • Rainbow
RegionDemocratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo
Ethnic groupBantu peoples
Genealogy
DynastyKingdom of Ngoyo • Kingdom of Kongo

Bunzi (also Mpulu Bunzi and Phulu Bunzi) is a serpent water spirit and goddess of rain in traditional Kongo religion that was first venerated by the Woyo people of the Kingdom of Ngoyo.[1]

  1. ^ Scheub, Harold (2000). A Dictionary of African Mythology: The Mythmaker as Storyteller. Oxford University Press. pp. 34, 92. ISBN 978-0-19-512456-9.