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In African mythology, Chinawezi (Chinaweji) is a name given to the primordial serpent Mother Goddess of creation whose husband for the Luba Lunda people was Chibinda Ilunga, and for others ...

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Chinawezi
in The Oxford Companion to World Mythology Length: 100 words
Chinawezi, the Cosmic Serpent, Makes the Rivers Swell (Lunda/Angola, DRCongo)
in A Dictionary of African Mythology Length: 70 words

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