Half-divine son of Babinga (king of the imandwa-spirits) by Kalimulore (mortal-with-shapeshifter-powers, later renamed Nyiraryang'ombe "Mother of Ryang'ombe"). Prominent hunter-and-warrior whose social-norm-transgression (hunting-gambling-sexual-preoccupation, neglect of cultural-obligations) is both his power-source and his eventual undoing. Killed by a buffalo arranged by an unwed mother per the eponymous Werner tale-title. Apotheosized as king of the imandwa on Mount Muhavura (the Rwanda-Uganda border volcano) and Mount Karisimbi. Foundational figure of the Kubandwa cult of imandwa-veneration — the central Banyaruanda polytheistic religious system. The Burundi equivalent figure is Kiranga; the cult-pair (Ryangombe in Rwanda, Kiranga in Burundi) constitutes one of the major East-African demigod-deity-traditions.