The Baluba are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa. Their creation deity's name is Kabezya-Mpungu. Creation myth of Kabezya-Mpungu The Baluba creation story makes a connection between God's invisibility or unavailability , and the endowment of humans with a soul or divine component longing for God. References Carl Einstein (Ed.) 1925: Afrikanische Märchen und Legenden; Rowohlt, 1925. Neuausgabe (1980) MEDUSA Verlag Wölk + Schmid, Berlin. (in German) Charlotte Leslau, Wolf Leslau (Ed.): African Folk Tales''; Mount Vernon, 1963, N.Y. : Peter Pauper Press Category: African mythology Category:Creation myths Category:Traditional African religion
The Baluba are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa. Their creator deity's name is Kabezya-Mpungu. Creation myth of Kabezya-Mpungu The Baluba creation story makes a connection between God's invisibility or unavailability and the endowment of humans with a soul or divine component longing for God. References Carl Einstein (Ed.) 1925: Afrikanische Märchen und Legenden; Rowohlt, 1925. Neuausgabe (1980) MEDUSA Verlag Wölk + Schmid, Berlin. (in German) Charlotte Leslau, Wolf Leslau (Ed.): African Folk Tales''; Mount Vernon, 1963, N.Y. : Peter Pauper Press Category: Bantu mythology Category:Creation myth
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