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| - Mbombo, also called Bumba, is the creator god in the religion and mythology of the Kuba of Central Africa. In the Mbombo creation myth, Mbombo was a giant covered with white skin who had the form of a man. These nine animals went on to create all the world's creatures. The heron created all flying birds but one, the kite, and the crocodile created snakes and the iguana. The goat, Budi, brought forth all the horned animals, the scarab all insects, and Yo Bumba, all fish.
- The creation myth tells that Mbombo was alone with water and darkness covering the Earth. Mbombo felt an intense pain in his stomach and vomited up the Sun, the Moon, and the stars. The Sun's heat and light evaporated the water, which formed the clouds in the sky. After time, dry hills emerged from the water. Mbombo again vomited, but instead of inanimate objects, like the Sun and stars, he vomited up many animals. He vomited up Koy Bumba, Ponga Bumba, Ganda Bumba, Yo Bumba, Kono Bumba, Tsetse Bumba, Nyanyi Bumba, a scarab beetle, and Budi. In addition, he vomited up the first human beings, including Loko Yima. The nine animals all went on to create many of the world's other creatures.
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| - Mbombo, also called Bumba, is the creator god in the religion and mythology of the Kuba of Central Africa. In the Mbombo creation myth, Mbombo was a giant covered with white skin who had the form of a man. The story of Mbombo's creation tells that in the beginning, Mbombo was alone, and darkness and water covered the all earth. It would happen that Mbombo came to feel an intense pain in his stomach, and then Mbombo vomited the sun, the moon, and stars. The heat and light from the sun evaporated the water covering the earth, creating clouds, and after time, the dry hills emerged from the water. Then Mbombo vomited once more, bringing forth nine animals: the leopard, called Koy Bumba; the eagle, Ponga Bumba; the crocodile, Ganda Bumba; the fish, Yo Bumba; the tortoise, Kono Bumba; a black leopard-like animal, Tsetse Bumba; a white heron, Nyanyi Bumba; a scarab; and a goat named Budi. Mbombo also vomited many men, one of them all white like himself who is called Loko Yima. These nine animals went on to create all the world's creatures. The heron created all flying birds but one, the kite, and the crocodile created snakes and the iguana. The goat, Budi, brought forth all the horned animals, the scarab all insects, and Yo Bumba, all fish. Three of Mbombo's sons then said they would finish creating the world. The first to try, Nyonye Ngana, vomited white ants, but died after. To honor him, the ants went deep in the earth for dark soil to bury him and transformed the barren sands at the earth's surface. The second, Chonganda, created the first plant, which in turn gave rise to all trees, grasses and flowers. And Chedi Bumba, the third son, made the last bird, the kite. Tsetse Bumba caused trouble on the earth so Mbombo chased him into the sky where he became the thunderbolt. This left people without fire, so Mbombo showed them how to make it from trees. Once the creation was complete and peaceful, Mbombo delivered it to mankind and retreated into the heavens, leaving Loko Yima to serve as "god upon the earth". The woman of the waters, Nchienge, lived in the East, and her son, Woto, became the first king of the Kuba.
- The creation myth tells that Mbombo was alone with water and darkness covering the Earth. Mbombo felt an intense pain in his stomach and vomited up the Sun, the Moon, and the stars. The Sun's heat and light evaporated the water, which formed the clouds in the sky. After time, dry hills emerged from the water. Mbombo again vomited, but instead of inanimate objects, like the Sun and stars, he vomited up many animals. He vomited up Koy Bumba, Ponga Bumba, Ganda Bumba, Yo Bumba, Kono Bumba, Tsetse Bumba, Nyanyi Bumba, a scarab beetle, and Budi. In addition, he vomited up the first human beings, including Loko Yima. The nine animals all went on to create many of the world's other creatures. Three of Mbombo's sons then said they would finish creating the world. The first to try, Nyonye Ngana, vomited white ants, but died after. To honor him, the ants went deep in the earth for dark soil to bury him and transformed the barren sands at the earth's surface. The second, Chonganda, created the first plant, which in turn gave rise to all trees, grasses and flowers. And Chedi Bumba, the third son, made the last bird, the kite. Due to the chaos she was causing, Tsetse Bumba was cast away into sky. Since Tsetse Bumba was chased away into the sky, the humans were left with no source of fire to make tools and weapons and cook food with. So Bumba taught the humans how to create fire using trees. Once the creation was complete and peaceful, Mbombo delivered it to mankind and retreated into the heavens, leaving Loko Yima to serve as "god upon the earth". The woman of the waters, Nchienge, lived in the East, and her son, Woto, became the first king of the Kuba.
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