Kazikamuntu
Banyaruanda · mortal · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Kazikamuntu, the first man fashioned by Imana and common ancestor of all humans; head of the anthropogenic strand of Rwandan origin tradition. Named explicitly in the batch prose of banyaruanda_imana ('Imana, the maker, created Kazikamuntu, the common ancestor of all humans'). His eponymous children Gatutsi, Gahutu and Gatwa (ancestors of the three groups) are noted but not authored as separate entries. Mortal-tier first ancestor.
Domains
- human origins
Relations
- created by: ImanaFirst man made by the High God Imana; the reverse creator-of edge on banyaruanda_imana is needed.Maquet, The Premise of Inequality in Ruanda (1961) — Imana created Kazikamuntu. (secondary)
Sources
- Kazikamuntu, the first man created by the High God Imana, is the common ancestor of all humans, whose three children Gatutsi, Gahutu and Gatwa became the founding ancestors of the Tutsi, Hutu and Twa.: Jacques J. Maquet, The Premise of Inequality in Ruanda (1961). (secondary); A. C. Werner, Myths and Legends of the Bantu (1933), ch. VIII; Origins of Hutu, Tutsi and Twa (oral tradition). (secondary)