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* '''Water''' (West) represents ''luvemba'', the period of death that takes place during winter
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In traditional [[Bambara people|Bambara]] spirituality, the [[Bemba (deity)|Supreme God]] created four additional essences of himself during creation. Together, these five essences of the deity correlate with the five classical elements.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lugira |first=Aloysius Muzzanganda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S79wsrvX_-MC&q=Ndomadyiri |title=African Traditional Religion |date=2009 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-2047-8 |pages=39 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bambara Religion {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/bambara-religion |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
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