56 NOTES ON WEST AFRICAN CATEGORIES 



called Lombo supposed to be the incarnation of a water 

 spirit (the verb Lomba means to supplicate). 



Ludiku the manner in which equity is appeased is 

 by the offering of a present. Both sides when they 

 appear before their arbitrator make him a present. 

 When the fear of thunder and lightning has, as it were, 

 brought the African to his knees, he thinks he has done 

 something wrong and makes a present to the lightning 

 power Nzaci. When one of them needs a child he 

 goes to the sacred grove of the power and asks for it, 

 never forgetting an offering. 



Kunda, homage or worship, is the action in this case. 

 This is done by prostrating himself before the symbol 

 representing the power. 



Lemvo, obedience, is the quality that fits him to 

 become a law-abiding being. 



i Wind and Rainbow 



8 Law-abiding man 



