ID: 901002628 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002628	Record Type: Character/Person

	Bunzi (Kongo deity)

Note: Kongo water spirit and goddess of rain, in the form of a serpent.

Names:

	Bunzi (Kongo deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Mpulu Bunzi (Kongo deity) (English)
	Phulu Bunzi (Kongo deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<African iconography> (P)
		........<African characters> (P)
		............Bunzi (Kongo deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Kongo (culture or style)
	.....(Southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola styles, Central African (cultural or regional style), African by cultural or regional designation, African (general, continental cultures), styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... rain
	.....(precipitation, weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	symbolic attribute is .... rainbow
	.....(natural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Bunzi (Kongo deity)
	................National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)
	Mpulu Bunzi (Kongo deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Phulu Bunzi (Kongo deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)