Bunzi

Bunzi the multicolored serpent who brings rain

Bunzi, in Woyo (Congo) mythology, is a goddess of rain. She is the daughter of Mboze, the Great Mother. Bunzi appears as a multicolored serpent, and rewards those who worship her with an abundant harvest.[1] Mboze took her own son, Makanga, as a lover and gave birth to Bunzi. Upon seeing that Mboze had given birth to a serpent, Mboze's husband Kuitikuiti knew that she had been unfaithful to him, and killed her. Bunzi took on her mother's rain-bringing power. According to legend, when a rainbow appears in the sky, that is Bunzi.[2] Sometimes she can also be seen in the rippling water of the river at sunset.[3]

The Bunzi Mons, a mountain on Venus, is named after her.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Auset, Brandi (2009). The Goddess Guide: Exploring the Attributes and Correspondences of the Divine Feminine. Llewellyn Worldwide. p. 40. ISBN 9780738715513.
  2. ↑ Lynch, Patricia Ann (2004). African Mythology A to Z. Infobase Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 9781438119885.
  3. ↑ Leeming, David Adams (1996). Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine. Oxford University Press. pp. 97–98. ISBN 9780195104622.
  4. ↑ "Bunzi Mons". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
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