Bunzi

Bunzi
Venerated inKongo religion
SymbolWaterRainbow
RegionDemocratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo
Ethnic groupBantu peoples
Genealogy
DynastyKingdom of NgoyoKingdom 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.