TYPE: Creator god
ORIGIN: African - Bakongo [Zaire, central Africa]
INFORMATION: He created the first mortal pair or, in alternative tradition, and androgynous being in the guise of a palm tree called Muntu Walunga (the complete person). He also endowed this being with intelligence. In wooden sculptures the tree bears a woman's head and breast on one side and a bearded face on the other. Eventually the tree divided into two separate sexes. Also Nyambi; Nzambe; Yambe; Zambi.