Lututsi
Banyaruanda · mortal · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Lututsi, brother of Kigwa in the 'Imana and the Childless Couple' tale, reckoned father of the Bega clan. Named explicitly in the batch prose of banyaruanda_imana ('the sons Kigwa and Lututsi and a daughter'). Mortal-tier clan-ancestor.
Parentage
- mother: NyinakigwaSon of Nyinakigwa; reciprocated by Nyinakigwa mother-of Lututsi within this batch.Scheub, A Dictionary of African Mythology (2000), s.v. Imana. (secondary)
Domains
- clan ancestry
Relations
- sibling: KigwaBrother of Kigwa; reciprocated within this batch.Scheub, A Dictionary of African Mythology (2000), s.v. Imana — the sons Kigwa and Lututsi. (secondary)
- sibling: NyinabatutsiBrother of the sister Nyinabatutsi; reciprocated within this batch.Scheub, A Dictionary of African Mythology (2000), s.v. Imana — and a daughter. (secondary)
- mother: NyinakigwaSon of Nyinakigwa; reciprocated by Nyinakigwa mother-of Lututsi within this batch.Scheub, A Dictionary of African Mythology (2000), s.v. Imana. (secondary)
Sources
- Lututsi, one of the three children granted to the barren Nyinakigwa by the High God Imana and brother of Kigwa, is reckoned the ancestor (father) of the Bega clan of Rwanda.: Harold Scheub, A Dictionary of African Mythology (Oxford University Press, 2000), s.v. Imana. (secondary)