Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
mythology
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Kongo_people
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| gptkbp:features |
creation myths
nature spirits ancestor spirits |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Kongo mythology
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| gptkbp:includes |
gptkb:choral_music
gptkb:pilgrimage_site gptkb:oral_tradition gptkb:Bakongo_cosmology gptkb:ritual_specialists_(nganga) initiation ceremonies belief in the afterlife funerary rites ritual dances sacred kingship divination practices sacred animals sacred masks sacred rivers belief in reincarnation sacred drums ritual healing sacred forests belief in charms and amulets belief in fate and destiny belief in the power of words (nkanda) belief in the spiritual world (mpemba) belief in witchcraft (kindoki) concept of the Kalunga line myths of the origin of death myths of the origin of the Kongo kingdom nkisi (sacred objects) proverbs and riddles rituals for communication with spirits stories of legendary heroes stories of the first ancestors stories of trickster figures concept of the living and the dead (ku mpemba and ku nseke) belief in the duality of the world (visible and invisible) |
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Afro-Cuban_religions
gptkb:Haitian_Vodou gptkb:Afro-Brazilian_religions gptkb:Palo_(religion) |
| gptkbp:language |
Kikongo
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| gptkbp:mainDeity |
gptkb:Nzambi_Mpungu
gptkb:Nzambi gptkb:Nzambi_a_Mpungu_Tulendo |
| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Central_Africa
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Nzambi
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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