In Kongo Central, rock art sites stretch from Kinshasa to the Atlantic coast and from northern Angola to southern Congo-Brazzaville. Preliminary research revealed one coherent entity situated north of the Kongo kingdom: the Lovo Massif, presently inhabited by the Ndibu, one of the Kongo subgroups. Comparison of the ethnological, historical, archaeological, and mythological points of view confirms that certain Kongo ritual and symbolic aspects are pre-Christian and refer to cosmogony, anthropogony, or narratives associated with the mythical origin of death. Investigating rock images allows us to better understand the link between the images, the myths, and their repercussions on the life of the Kongo today.

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孔戈土地上的洛沃（Lovo），岩石图像和神话

在Kongo Central，岩石艺术遗址从金沙萨延伸到大西洋沿岸，从安哥拉北部延伸到刚果-布拉柴维尔南部。初步研究发现，位于金刚王国北部的一个连贯实体：洛沃断层块，目前由金刚亚组之一Ndibu居住。对人种学，历史，考古学和神话学观点的比较证实，某些金刚教派的仪式和象征方面是基督教徒之前的，指的是与死亡的神话起源相关的宇宙论，人类学或叙事。研究岩石图像可以使我们更好地理解图像，神话及其对当今金刚人生活的影响之间的联系。