Zombi (African deity)

Zombi (African deity)
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Zombi is the name of a snake-deity in some cults of West African Vodun and Haitian Vodou (Voodoo). Zombi is a Creole word, thought to be derived from Nzambi,[1] supreme god of the Bacongo people of Angola. The deity is connected with water and appears in different impersonations, one being Zombi-Damballah, the rainbow serpent.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ African mythology
  2. ^ Thomas H. Appleton (2003). Searching for Their Places: Women in the South Across Four Centuries. University of Missouri Press. p. 115. ISBN 0-8262-1468-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=YwlkxZtlJn0C&pg=PA115&ots=m2flcXa-4a&dq=Zombi+snake&as_brr=3&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=Y9GrwL7vuMQkw6FvKfEMKXr0ggw. 

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