- A
Simbi (also Cymbee, Sim'bi, pl.
Bisimbi) is a
Central African water and
nature spirit in
traditional Kongo religion, as well as in
African diaspora...
- and a
water serpent who
reached the sky by
climbing trees. A
simbi (pl.
bisimbi) is a
water spirit that is
believed to
inhabit bodies of
water and rocks...
-
specific responsibility related to
nature or a principle. They are
similar to
bisimbi in
Bakongo religion and
orishas in
Yoruba religion.
Anyanwu is also the...
- the
Kongo cosmogram, also
called the Yowa or ****nga Cross. A
simbi (pl.
bisimbi) is a
water spirit that is
believed to
inhabit bodies of
water and rocks...
- Bakweri, the term used is
liengu (plural: maengu).
Miengu are
similar to
bisimbi (singular: simbi) in the
Bakongo spirituality and Mami Wata. The Bakoko...
- religion.
Nature is
essential to
Kongo spirituality.
While simbi (pl.
bisimbi)
nature spirits later became more ****ociated with water, or kalûnga, they...
- In
traditional Bakongo spirituality, a
simbi (pl.
bisimbi) is a
water spirit that can
travel between the
physical world (ku nseke) and the
spiritual world...
- said to have
created water spirits called mingehe,
which are
similar to
bisimbi spirits in
Kongo religion. The
Nyoro and Toro
people of
Uganda referred...
- and
Central Africa.
Nature spirits called Simbi ("Simbi" singular, and "
Bisimbi" plural),
believed in by the
Kongo people, are ****ociated with
water and...
- kala-zimikala,
which means a "living-dying-living being." A
simbi (pl.
bisimbi) is a
water spirit that is
believed to
inhabit bodies of
water and rocks...
