Origin: Kongo River Basin (Angola)
Classification: Rainbow Serpent of Fertility and Rain

Introduction
Bunzi coils where sky marries earth—her scales shimmering as rainbows. “She is the promise whispered to cassava roots: ‘Thirst will always birth abundance.’”

Cosmic Role

Domain: Rain, agriculture, feminine power

Sacred Duty: Mediator between Nzambi (Sky) and Nzambici (Earth)

Energy Signature: Gentle saturation, life-giving patience

Sacred Expressions
Manifests as:

Rainbow arching over coffee plantations

Pregnant woman dancing in first rains

Clay water jars sweating in dry season

Ancestral Linege

Grandmother: Nzambici (Earth Mother)

Child: Kuitikuiti (Thunder)

Names & Epithets

Mpulu Bunzi (Queen of Rain)

Nkisi ya Maza (Spirit of Waters)

Lubanzi lwa Nzambi (God’s Rainbow)

Powers

Commands rainclouds and river floods

Ensures soil fertility and womb fruitfulness

Heals through sacred waters (maza a nganga)

Modern Resonance

“In Angolan women reviving seed banks,
In Lagos rainmakers chanting for monsoon—Bunzi’s coils still embrace the hungry land.