Muntu

Muntu, son of Kigwa, ancestor of the Ibimanuka celestial line. Named in the batch prose of banyaruanda_nkuba and banyaruanda_gihanga ('Nkuba > Kigwa > Muntu > ... > Gihanga'); the genealogy interposes several further named ancestors (Kimanuka, Kijuru, Kobo, Merano, Randa, Gisa, Kizira, Kazi) between Muntu and Gihanga which are recorded as a bare king-list and are not individuated here. Demigod as a divinely-descended ancestor.

Parentage

• Kigwa

Domains

• ancestral lineage

Powers

• carry the celestial royal line toward Gihanga

Relations

• father: Kigwa

Sources

• Alexis Kagame, Ubucurabwenge / Inganji Karinga.
• Marcel d'Hertefelt & A. Coupez, La royauté sacrée de l'ancien Rwanda (1964).
• Pierre Smith, Le recit populaire au Rwanda (1975).