Meber - the creator who made man from clay, in the beginning was a lizard placed by the creator in the water, and on the eighth day the man came to the shore and said to the creator: thank you!
Nzalan - angry spirit.
Nkwa - one of the figures of the creator god.
Nzame – one of the trinity, along with Meber and Nkwa. In the beginning, Nzame created the sky and earth and claimed the heavens for himself. Then he created the sun, moon, stars, animals, and plants. Meber and Nkwa made an elephant the leader of the animals, and together with Nzame, they created a man similar to themselves. One gave the man strength, the second power, and the third beauty, and they named him Fan – meaning strength. Then they rose to the mountain where they lived. The man left behind became proud and stopped worshipping Nzame. Then he summoned Nzalan – lightning and heavenly fire engulfed the forest, and everything turned to ash. Fan did not die, but it is unknown what he turned into. Then the three gods placed new earth on the coal layer, and a tree grew, from whose leaves (depending on where they fell) came land and water animals. Then they made the man Sekume again and turned his head so that he would see death. Nzame instructed Sekume to create a woman from the tree, who was named Mbongwe. Sekume and Mbongwe were composed of the body of Gnoul, inhabited by an inner part called Nsissim. Nsissim causes shadow and makes Gnoul live; it is this shadow that departs when a person dies. Nsissim resides in the eye. Sekume and Mbongwe had three sons: Nkure, the malicious one, Sekale, the one who doesn't think, and Mefere, the good one. Mefere is the father of the Fan tribe. God imprisoned Fan, the first man, underground, but the evil Fan long carved the rock and emerged, doing all sorts of evil to mankind. Evil people, upon hearing the death bird Ngofio, become thin and die. Nzame imprisoned them in Otolan, where poverty and misfortune await them.
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