This story was told by NYEMB NANGA, aka "Kamerun".
When a Mbog-Mbog dies, the Bayon' carries him and return home with him. As the departed Mbog-Mbog enters the land of the dead, he addresses the BIKUMBA BI MINTON' (the male huts of the gods). This is what he says:
The FIRST HUT is the western hut, where cakes and wooden containers are kept in Hu's honor. O western hut, Hu's male hut, remove your crowns as I approach, for I resemble the greatest among you, he who assembled my bones and strengthened my members. I brought Ihim back, Ihim master of hearts, so that he builds my bones anew and strengthens my spirit one more time. O Batuu-Pek, make my head strong. O Nyambe, replenish me. Strengthen also the bones of my enemy, for the world has risen again.
Ngambi, the mygale, lives in the SECOND HUT with Mbog. I am the wealthy one in the field of happiness. O enchanted garden, the walls are coppered, the width of plants is five inch-long, bundles of hay are two inches, and a foot is two inches. Corn grows seven feet tall. The happy ones harvest it near the sanctuary of the oracle. I know the door at the middle of the field of happiness, the place where the day star exits the celestial orient. The south is a lake with sacred fowls and the north a lake with black fowls, where the star floats in the tempest. I am the rope-keeper in Nyambe's boat. I am the paddler who never tires. I also know the velvet breath from which the sun comes out. It is the same one which exits as Mbog falls asleep at the door of the master of the orient. I see Libobo's hut. He is the one who helped Nyambe in his sun quest. May he be honored.
The THIRD HUT is the hut of Dingonda di Um, the very happy twin daughters of Um. No one can go to their place by boat. It hides the dancing ones. Its fire burns forever. O you who live in the hut of the happy ones, your faces are turned toward the world. Make your hearts holy and fix my pathways. Your hut is blessed. What Nyambe ordered is what you do for me, forever, because I was found righteous. The crown is on the star's forehead, the one who, with his breath of fire, makes Temi live as well as the people who live in it.
The FOURTH HUT is the big two-sided mountain, Ngena's dwelling. O you who live in the mysterious hut, this big mountain in the lands of the dead, on which the heaven rests, and which possesses seed and health, nine inches in length, and two hundred and thirty in width, a serpent is on her. Its name is Saber-Thrower. Protect me from the serpent. It reaches seventy miles per hour when it runs. Its whole life is about doing battle against the happy ones and cutting off the heads of the living. O serpent, I stand here before you today so that our crossing of the sea goes smoothly. I know the paths to your region. I know the path which leads to your house.
I am he who re-assembles, the male cat. So hide your head. You also shall see that I am safe. My art is great. My two eyes were given me to serve Ngookola. What is happening, O legless one, crawling on your belly, whose strength is attached to the mountain? What is happening? Look, I come here to you to look for power. The art is now in my hand. As of now, I am powerful. Ngookola came to protect human beings. The Minton helped him. May he rejoice because Hilolombi sits on his throne, on the mountaintop. You fought them with violence. I traveled the heavens while you, the one without limbs, was in the shackles, O crawling one. That's what was ordered against you in the world.
The FIFTH HUT is the structure in front of which man cannot pass, because there Mbam Um and the happy ones sit on the ground and chats with the dead.
O Mbam, god among the gods, open the pathways for me so that I may pass to go toward the celestial occident. Order the gate keeper to allow me to live by my art. I stand guard at the wide river bank where all celebrations take place. The eye of the world moves forth under the watch of Ott's following. That's why whoever opens his mouth and speaks against me today will drop and fall in the depth of the sea. It will be so.
The SIXTH HUT is a cave, Nge's dwelling which remains hidden to the happy ones. Something terrible happened to a happy one when he held an electric catfish with his bare hands. I salute you, O cave. I am here to see the god who lives in your womb. Show your face, O genie of the earth, and remove your animal skins. The one who caught the electric catfish with his hand will do me no harm. Evildoers will not chase me, neither would my enemies. I'll live by the ground provisions given you.
The SEVENTH HUT is Nja Ngumba's hut. O town which is on the other side of sight, where hot breath is fire. The serpent is in there. Nsin' is its name. Its back is seven feet tall. It feeds only on sand but steals the strength of the happy ones. Return where you come from, O serpent of this town, whose mouth poisons and whose eyes hypnotize. Your bones will break, your venom will turn out to be inoffensive. You will not be welcome in my dwelling, nor your venom be allowed in me. Your coldness is powerless because of the bull. Your head shall fall, cut off by the teeth of a wolf.
The EIGHTH HUT is the dwelling of Lindum, the sea mygale. O Lindum, friend of Um, the greatest among the gods, no one can occupy your riverhole for your power is so mighty. Your knowledge is first among the gods. A celestial god guards you personally. His name is Segun. I am without spouse. I brought the fruits of the earth to Batuu-Pek the day Nwii was being made a happy one, and he ordered the masters of fire to fear me, for I am brave. He requested that the sacrificers honor me. I shall not be victimized by death and their evil plans and deeds shall do me no harm. I am he who sanctifies the horizon.
The NINTH HUT is the hut of Koo who places my burden far away from me. O town called Ikesi, where even the gods arrive with great difficulty, a town whose name they dread to know, where they enter and can't exit, except he who is in his egg, the very handsome Kwan', the Albino-Chacal; a town whose body scares the gods and which the genies adore. Your entrance is of fire and your face is capable of destroying nostrils and mouths. You did it for your inhabitants, so that they may breathe only your air, except the extraordinary god who lives in his egg, Kwan the very powerful. You permit this so that your people live inside the town and remain there, that they love and need it, except on the day of the great celebration.
The elder says:
I come to you, O Minton. You came from the skies; now you live on earth and in the lands of the living. The world blesses you. It is spotless before the gods. Allow that it be so forever with you.
I greet you, O masters of the occident and the orient.
I greet you, O Nyambe Bayemlikok. I come to you, my heart full of righteousness. No evil is in me. I have never lied willingly. So please give me the cakes that come from the fields of the truthful. Permit also that I walk on the land of the dead without my heart falling apart, that I see the sun and look at the moon.
I come to you, O Minton, a company of good gods. I bring the world to you. Hand me the goods so that I bring them to the world, as well as the water from the sacred stream, your breath and a field in your forest of fruits, as you did for the servants of the great god.
I greet you, O Nge, chief of war, keeper of the land. I come to you with humbleness. I know your plans. All I have is my black adornment. Give me also a dwelling in the land of the dead, next to the master of truth, so that I too may have a field in the garden of fruits, and that I may receive cakes before you.
O Ott, Lindum the joyful, it's you who sanctify the god master of the world, who defeated Mbey-Yoy. Make the world holy against his enemies. Nyambe Bayemlikok defeated the Albino-Chacal before the holy tribunal, presided over by Hilolombi Himself. Ngookola inherited his strength. He sits in the court as a judge, in the night of singing, after the night of the battle, to tie up his enemies and exterminate the enemies of the world.
Batum ba Ngii is the supreme tribunal. May his name be sanctified.
To tie up his enemies is to exterminate the Albino-Hyena's warring troops. O Ott, you sanctify Nyambe Bayemlikok. Sanctify also the world at the holy tribunal which sits on the sacred mountain the night the two staffs of the world are planted. The great tribunal of the honored mountain is Nyambe Bayemlikok. To stand the world's two staffs, is to protect fire and water, which are the world's two hands.
O Ott, bear witness and give the right sentence before the sacred tribunal. Nyambe was present at the wake of his brother Mbey-Yoy. His was an act of love, that day of celebration for the dead, so that he be remembered when the day of reckoning comes. The great tribunal is in the land of the dead. The count of the dead is a restriction of freedom for the spirits of the sons of the scandal.
In truth, O Ott, you who sanctified Nyambe master of the world, the excavation occurred the first day the happy ones were being counted. The great tribunal of the diggers and blood suckers sits when the gods of darkness turn into herds of hyenas, chuckling before the genies of the earth, the blood of the innocent flowing from their mouths and telling that natives are the only ones committing crimes.
One night, the Elder organized a secret ritual. Men gathered for a wake of Nge, burying and digging up corpses. Ngo Mbog cried out a lot that night, wallowing in dust and hallowing loudly. That's when the earth opened up. Water sprinkled out massively and flame befell the earth. Ama rejoiced. Ngo Mbog shut up. The Minton created a court of ten hand-picked gods. Ngookola presides over it before Hilolombi, the only One who discards all that is not innocent.
Tam sustained that he was a god, for he had lived in their midst. But Tam committed incest with his sister Eba. And Ngookola chased them bot away from among the gods.
His Father Batum ba Ngii crowned Nyambe's forehead so that he be known as the beloved of the Great God. May he live forever. Hilolombi, Master of Light, made holy he who defeated His enemies. Even earth clay gave you everything as an inheritance.
Batum ba Ngii decided so, and the people honored Ngookola, son of Hilolombi, for ever. O Ngay, and Shango, and Loba, and Maanala, and every genie living on earth or in the sky, rejoice for Ngookola, son of Batum ba Ngii, defeater of the enemies of the world.
Rejoice for Ama, the principle for action
before the tribunal of the high mountain, for he defeated Mbey-Yoy and his dark warring troops,
before the tribunal of the north, during the night of the blessings,
before the tribunal which convene during the great celebration,
before the tribunal which convenes the night the staff of the south is half-staff
before the great tribunal, the day the fires of the occident are offered,
before the tribunal of the vigil, the night Batum ba Ngii's testimony is confirmed,
before the great tribunal the day water was being removed,
before the great tribunal the day of the reception of the gods,
before the great tribunal which sits in the bush, after having spent the night at the wake of Nyambe's brother.
Nge bowed four times and his enemies dropped dead. Their heads were cut off, their thighs thinned. They were given to Nyemb so that their condemnation be effective, that they may be punished without any possibility for them to hide their wickedness or escape Otiti's guardmanship.
Nyemb said: "I come here to see your purity. My hands are here for the glory of your name. Surely I come here like a palmtree not yet created, a coconut-tree without bud, a wooden utensil not yet carved. If I enter the mysterious chamber, I'll fight Sap. I will be friendly with whoever comes here to meet me, if he has a veil on, because of the secrets. I entered the hut of the god, saw the mystery it contains. It is the consistory of the gods and the happy ones."
That's the moment Ogun selected to tell the spearman: "The voice of the one who comes from Temi thunders. He knows our paths and our towns. I am glad because he smells like us. 'I am a happy one,' he tells me. 'I come to see the great gods, for I live off the food which is in the baskets. I lived next to Banek and he allowed that I come out of the river according to his word. I was in the river. Resin was the present I received. My resting place was the children's ebony. I was of the elephant's following, Sep's household. I threw the boat of the enemies of the world, when I took a walk in the swamp of Nema. I visited the elite of Kemu. I paid Ngiikinde a visit. They observed a minute of silence for me and I allowed Otiti to recover the use of his legs."
Nyemb said again: "I went to the Lap i Say (hut of blessings) of the one who lives in the mountain and I saw the master of the firehold. I entered the house of the firehold of the god. I took off the veils of the one who was inside. Once in the stay of the dead, I immediately understood the Nge mystery. Nge occupied Ngay's rocking-chair. Women do not go there. That's how it is."
"Do you know this door's name?" the spearman asks.
"Umbakhu."
"Proceed, you are a knowledgeable."
Mogay came out and said: "I am the spirit of Hilolombi that came out of the ocean and the spirit of Nyambe who brought Hu about. Everything evil is anathema to me. I have a mass in my hand. I believe in Maah, that is, in justice. I live in him.
I am Mogay who shall not die in his spirit name. I came to life by myself with the Minton as they came out of the ocean. 'Who-live-forever' is my name.
I am master of light. Scandal brought death about. I shall not enter the house of murder which stands in the plain. Thanks to me, Koba receive his blessing. I shall also put a smile on the gift carriers' mouths so that they may scare people on my behalf, and so that the people who live in their households honor me. Here I am, sitting on my throne, on top of the world.
I am the ocean. Evildoers can do me no harm. I am the elder of the divine notables. My spirit is one of the divine spirits. My body is eternal, for my deeds are righteous.
I dissipated darkness and established my authority at the borders of the fresh lands. When I arrive there, I walk on whirlpools, and rule with my Jay li Mbog (scepter of power). I hunt the mysterious serpent who make people stumble and fall as they go to the master of the double land.
I am the one who sits on his throne, master of the destruction of huts. Youth-In-Cities-Youth-In-Rural-Areas is my motto. It can't die. I am the spirit who set land apart from the ocean. Nobody will neither see my nest nor break my egg in my oceanic dwelling. I erased my mistakes. I saw my father, my evening father whose body is at Opol. I hold my guards like he who lives in his hut at Masude'U, on the side of the Occident, in the Kumba of the bird Hikwakwa.
The gods honored Koba, the first among them, saying: "Glory to you whose eye is a flame and which contains your anger. Your heart is filled with mercy and love. At dawn, the spirits of animal species hide before you for you stand against all that harm the world. You know the mystery of the aster in the morning. Your sacred eyes are the sun and the moon. Your transformations are hidden at the horizon. May your name be honored. You put order in everything.
O human beings, stand up! the aster of day is on the mountain with Koba. Shango is with him. Ngay blows the fire of life on them. Maanala gives hin his adorned hand. Jah sings comforting hymns for him. Loba takes him to the rock of the gods. He shall prepare for him a throne at the horizon and wherever he would like to nap. Nyemb himself shall accompany him, carrying the big book of words of fire. He respects him and sings eternity songs for him. He shall rest wherever he wills. O human being, your spirit now arises in the midst of the gods. They rejoice and honor you. Death to the body which cannot manifest itself here.
Ngookola brought the aster of day. He welcomed the sun because Hilolombi already gave it to the world. Hilolombi was angry but Ngookola reconciled him with the world. If I am without infirmity, then Hilolombi is without infirmity, and Ngookola is without infirmity.
Ngookola is the first among the gods. He exited the burning door, coming out of the river. He protects the happy one and the dead from the evildoers. Ngookola brought the words of fire with him. The genies kept the bones of the one whose nature is without infirmity.
O spirits, O Bull, father of erection, Ngay raises his hands to the heavens. Protect me from any evil that may come from the mouths of the jealous. I cover my body, the nails of my fingers, the extremities of my body. I rub myself with ointments and perfumes and wait for the master of the house. Shango, the great priest, who resides in the celestial kingdom swears them in.
Those who pray for Ngookola receive the visitors of the gods at the doors of fire. They are the ones who permitted that Tam be a happy one in Koba's following. They received their share. They were the first to show Tam their favor for he humbled himself in front of them.
May the shouting corpses allow Tam to be initiated like the inhabitants of the happy lands. Their share of ground provisions was given them so that Tam be initiated in the plain.
The giver, the one who gives presents to his fathers, shall feed Tam in the plain, Tam who was found pure on earth and taken along with the gods so that he may be happy in the enchanted field. His share of ground provisions was given him so that he may feed Tam in the land of the dead.
May Ngo Djob who lives in the land of the dead helps Tam so that once initiated he arrives in the male hut of the two Maahs. She received her share of ground provisions to allow Tam the freedom to walk among the gods.
The chief of the masons, in the house of blessings, is hidden in the male hut of the two Maahs. May he give Tam a dwelling in the country of the dead next to the prince's palace. A share of ground provisions was given him so that he may give Tam a house in the country of the dead.
May the gods who inhabit the huts of blessings that are on the ocean give Tam the freedom to drink at the whirlpool. Ground provisions were given them so that Tam may live in the land of the dead.
Members of Tam's family were well born on earth. They made present even to the daughters of the gods. May they help Tam, who was initiated, to walk with the elected. May they let him have all that he may need.
The one who stands guard, the chief guard of the chief's palace, orders that Tam honors Ngookola and his Father Hilolombi. He is the master of favor and peace. He was ordained in the heavens and on earth and sacrifices were made to him.
The great Ama, master of spears and horns, shall give Tam his strength. A share of ground provisions were given him. He knows all the hidden places in the land of the dead.
Nuasoli rests on his throne. May he help that Tam's body, without infirmity on earth, remains uncorrupted in the land of the dead. Sacrifices were made to him in the land of the dead.
May he who hides Tam in the land of the dead gives him cakes and beverages. May he who keeps Tam from seeing Hilolombi's face gives him permission to take walks.
May Sia, who speaks only when one looks at him, refrain himself from doing tricks and injustices to Tam. His share of ground provisions were given him. Tam is quick on his feet. He shall explore the plain endlessly.
May Sokam who climbs the horizon help Tam see Hilolombi as he awakes. He too received his share of ground provisions.