Binego
Banyaruanda · quartigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Son and named successor of the demigod Ryangombe in the Banyaruanda Kubandwa tradition. When Ryangombe was slain by a buffalo arranged by an unwed woman, Binego avenged him by killing the buffalo-woman and her child. Ryangombe named Binego his successor among the imandwa at the moment of death; he joins his apotheosed father among the imandwa-spirits on the volcano. Quartigod-tier (¼) as the son of the half-divine Ryangombe by an unnamed mother.
Parentage
- paternal: Ryangombe
Sources
- existence: A. C. Werner Myths and Legends of the Bantu (1933) ch. VIII; Banyaruanda Kubandwa-cult tradition (primary)
- parentage: Werner 1933 ch. VIII (primary)