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The History of God
FIELD No. 2140
Visual depiction of Mamlambo

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Vol. II · Polytheism · love

Mamlambo

Southern African river beauty and wealth spirit

a vast serpent of the rivers of KwaZulu-Natal, her luminous face luring the unwary to fortune or doom

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
love

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 5) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

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Ogun Badagris

Mixed Pantheons (set 5)

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Ti Jean Petro

Mixed Pantheons (set 5)

 Visual depiction of Aja

Aja

Mixed Pantheons (set 5)

 Visual depiction of Credne

Credne

Mixed Pantheons (set 5)

 Visual depiction of Khonvoum

Khonvoum

Mixed Pantheons (set 5)

 Visual depiction of Nana Asma'u

Nana Asma'u

Mixed Pantheons (set 5)