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Simbi

A Simbi (also spelled Cymbee and Sim'bi, pl. Bisimbi or Basimbi) is a Central African guardian spirit of the water and nature in traditional Bakongo religion, as well as in African diaspora spiritual traditions, such as Hoodoo in the southern United States and Palo in Cuba. Simbi have been historically identified as water people, or mermaids, pottery…

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Abode
Atlantic Ocean, Seas, Rivers (Nzadi), Forests (Mfinda)
Affiliation
Kongo • Hoodoo • Palo • Candomblé
Bantu
Mamba Muntu
Ethnic group
Kongo peoples • Songye people • Black Americans
Haitian
Lwa
Ovimbundu
Dona Fish

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Kongo spirituality

The American diaspora

In popular culture

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Simbi

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples85
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
Components1

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Simbi

Top relations

related to Haitian Vodou · 16
Simbi → Angola, Benin, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic, Haitian, Haitians, Mami Wata, Nigeria, Nsimba, Nzuzi, Republic, The, Though, West African, While Haitian Vodou
related to African American Hoodoo · 15
Simbi → Africans, Ambundu, American South, Angola, Atlantic, Bakongo, Because, Black American, Central Africa's Congo Basin, Hoodoo, Kongo, Mbundu, South Carolina, The, United States
related to Kongo spirituality · 11
Simbi → Bakongo, Bisimbi, Kalûnga, Kalûnga Line, Kongo, Ku Mpémba, Ku Seke, The, The Bakongo, There, They
related to Palo · 11
Simbi → Afro-Cuban, Ampungus, Bakongo, In, Kongo, Mfinda, Mpungus, Nfinda, Nkitas, Palo, They
related to In popular culture · 9
Simbi → Africans, Black American, Canada, Governor General Michaëlle Jean, Haiti, Ottawa, Rivers Solomon, The Deep, They
related to Etymology · 7
Simbi → Bantu-speaking, Kikongo, Kongo-speaking, Some, The, This, While
Abode · 1
Simbi → Atlantic Ocean, Seas, Rivers (Nzadi), Forests (Mfinda)
Affiliation · 1
Simbi → Kongo • Hoodoo • Palo • Candomblé
Bantu · 1
Simbi → Mamba Muntu
Ethnic group · 1
Simbi → Kongo peoples • Songye people • Black Americans

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Important terminology

bisimbi also people kongo water slave spirits spiritual isbn hoodoo nature central united states palo african atlantic university bakongo american

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SimbiAbodeAtlantic Ocean, Seas, Rivers (Nzadi), Forests (Mfinda)1.00infobox
SimbiAffiliationKongo • Hoodoo • Palo • Candomblé1.00infobox
SimbiBantuMamba Muntu1.00infobox
SimbiEthnic groupKongo peoples • Songye people • Black Americans1.00infobox
SimbiHaitianLwa1.00infobox
SimbiOvimbunduDona Fish1.00infobox
SimbiSawabantuJengu1.00infobox
Mami Watainstance ofbisimbi0.80text
Nsimbainstance ofbisimbi0.80text
Nzuzi are still nlongoinstance ofbisimbi0.80text
or sacredinstance ofbisimbi0.80text
in traditional Haitian spiritualityinstance ofbisimbi0.80text

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