Zombi (African god)
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This article is about a deity. For other meanings, see Zombie (disambiguation).
Zombi is the name of a snake-deity in some Voodoo cults of West Africa and Haiti. Zombi is a Creole word, thought to be derived from Nzambi,[1] supreme god of the Bacongo people of Angola. The deity is connected with water and appears in different impersonations, one being Zombi-Damballah, the rainbow serpent.[2]
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- ^ African mythology
- ^ Thomas H. Appleton (2003). Searching for Their Places: Women in the South Across Four Centuries. University of Missouri Press, 115. ISBN 0826214681.

