Likubala est-il un dieu distinct de Mulungu?

Non. Likubala est presente comme un nom ou une epithete de Mulungu, le createur bantou. Il designe le meme Etre supreme, sous un vocable associe notamment aux Nyamwezi de Tanzanie.

Mulungu est le dieu createur commun a de nombreux peuples bantous d'Afrique de l'Est, centrale et australe. Il est concu comme un Etre supreme lointain, createur et garant de l'ordre du monde.

Pourquoi tant de noms pour ce dieu?

Parce que l'aire bantoue rassemble des centaines de langues. Un meme horizon religieux, celui d'un createur unique, y est nomme Mulungu, Murungu, Mungu, Nkulunkulu ou encore Likubala selon les peuples.

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LIKUBALA

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God

☥ SpiritBantou →Bantou — BantouElder

Gender: MasculineSign: autre nom de mulungu

Likubala is presented as one of the names or epithets of Mulungu, the creator god common to many Bantu peoples of East, Central and southern Africa. This name is more particularly associated with the Nyamwezi of present-day Tanzania. Mulungu there designates the supreme Being, creator and father of all things, often distant and impersonal, sometimes conceived as a creative force more than as a personal deity. Under the name of Likubala, tradition lays the stress on an attribute of this god, presented in certain compilations as the one who counts or numbers. Like the other appellations of Mulungu, such as Murungu, Mungu or Nkulunkulu, Likubala bears witness to the diversity of the Bantu languages that name one and the same religious horizon: a single creator, guardian of the order of the world, invoked under varied regional names.

Powers & Attributes

another name of Mulungu

Role in the ROHO universe

Voice of its pantheon. LIKUBALA carries the memory of its tradition and weaves a thread into the Mabioni. Bound to the Bantu pantheon.

Sacred Mask

An ancient ritual mask of sacred wood, old metal and black stone, engraved with symbols of another name of Mulungu, embodiment of the power of Likubala

Era

Ancient cycle

Frequently asked questions

Is Likubala a god distinct from Mulungu?

No. Likubala is presented as a name or epithet of Mulungu, the Bantu creator. It designates the same supreme Being, under a name associated notably with the Nyamwezi of Tanzania.

Who is Mulungu?

Mulungu is the creator god common to many Bantu peoples of East, Central and southern Africa. He is conceived as a distant supreme Being, creator and guarantor of the order of the world.

Why so many names for this god?

Because the Bantu area gathers hundreds of languages. One and the same religious horizon, that of a single creator, is there named Mulungu, Murungu, Mungu, Nkulunkulu or again Likubala according to the peoples.

Related spirits

LYAMBILO NGEKETO CHILUBE LONKUNDO

Sources and references

Article Wikipedia (EN) Mulungu, sur le dieu createur bantou et ses variantes regionales
Alice Werner, Myths and Legends of the Bantu (1933), sur les noms bantous du dieu createur