Gods and Goddesses
African
Mongo
Itonde

ORIGIN: African - Mongo [Central Democratic Republic of Congo]

TYPE: God of Death

INFORMATION: He consumes rats as food and is also the god of hunters in the dark jungle forests. Described in the Epic of Lianja as the first man to die whose spirit reincarnated at the instant of death, into his son Lianja. He possesses a bell with magical properties, the elefo, by which he predicts where death will strike.