Muntu
Banyaruanda · quartigod · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
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
- father: KigwaSon of Kigwa/Sabizeze; reciprocated by Kigwa father-of Muntu within this batch.Kagame, Ubucurabwenge — 'Kigwa begat Muntu'. (secondary)
Domains
- ancestral lineage
Powers
- carry the celestial royal line toward Gihanga
Relations
- father: KigwaSon of Kigwa/Sabizeze; reciprocated by Kigwa father-of Muntu within this batch.Kagame, Ubucurabwenge — 'Kigwa begat Muntu'. (secondary)
Sources
- Muntu ('the human being'), son of Kigwa/Sabizeze, is an ancestor of the Ibimanuka celestial line of Rwandan kings; the dynastic genealogy runs Nkuba > Kigwa > Muntu > ... > Gihanga.: Alexis Kagame, Ubucurabwenge / Inganji Karinga. (secondary); Marcel d'Hertefelt & A. Coupez, La royauté sacrée de l'ancien Rwanda (1964). (secondary); Pierre Smith, Le recit populaire au Rwanda (1975). (secondary)