Nzambi Mpungu: Supreme Creator of the Bakongo (Kongo Mythology)
Nzambi Mpungu is the transcendent, supreme creator of the Bakongo people. As the ultimate source of life, he governs the sky, cosmic order, morality, and the cycle of life and death. In Kongo cosmology, he fashioned the first humans and the world itself, yet chose to withdraw to the heavens, leaving the guidance of daily affairs to lesser spirits called