The most important god of the Bambuti pantheon is Khonvoum (also Khonuum, Kmvoum, Chorum), a god of the hunt who wields a bow made from two snakes that together appear to humans as a rainbow.
He occasionally contacts mortals through Gor (a thunder god who is also an elephant) or a chameleon (similar to the divine messenger used by Orish-nla of Yoruba mythology).
He is also a thunder god who appears as a storm and hides in rainbows.
The first Pygmies stole fire from Tore; he chased them but could not catch them, and when he returned home, his mother had died.
When a man dies, his son places his mouth over his to draw in part of the megbe.