Nyinabatutsi
Banyaruanda · mortal · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Nyinabatutsi, the sister of Kigwa and Lututsi in the 'Imana and the Childless Couple' tale, reckoned mother of the Bashambo clan. She is the (otherwise unnamed) 'daughter' of the batch prose of banyaruanda_imana, named in the source tradition. Mortal-tier clan-ancestress.
Parentage
- mother: NyinakigwaDaughter of Nyinakigwa; reciprocated by Nyinakigwa mother-of Nyinabatutsi within this batch.Scheub, A Dictionary of African Mythology (2000), s.v. Imana. (secondary)
Domains
- clan ancestry
Relations
- sibling: KigwaSister of Kigwa; reciprocated within this batch.Scheub, A Dictionary of African Mythology (2000), s.v. Imana. (secondary)
- sibling: LututsiSister of Lututsi; reciprocated within this batch.Scheub, A Dictionary of African Mythology (2000), s.v. Imana. (secondary)
- mother: NyinakigwaDaughter of Nyinakigwa; reciprocated by Nyinakigwa mother-of Nyinabatutsi within this batch.Scheub, A Dictionary of African Mythology (2000), s.v. Imana. (secondary)
Sources
- Nyinabatutsi, the daughter among the three children granted to the barren Nyinakigwa by the High God Imana and sister of Kigwa and Lututsi, is reckoned the ancestress (mother) of the Bashambo clan of Rwanda.: Harold Scheub, A Dictionary of African Mythology (Oxford University Press, 2000), s.v. Imana. (secondary)