The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
(Bemba) Creator-god of the Bambara in West Africa.
When he was let down by the world-spirit → Yo on to the earth, a tree grew out of him, under which the humans who had been created by → Faro, sought refuge. The divine primeval tree was tireless in coupling with women to engender living creatures. In order to strengthen the tree people sacrificed their blood to it.
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