the Founding Paramount
Bemba · mortal · mythic founding · mortal
First-ancestor / founder-hero tier (mortal). The Bemba have no rich high-god myth-cycle beyond Lesa, so Chitimukulu supplies the people's foundational tradition. The crocodile-clan (bena ng'andu) migration legend traces the paramountcy to him.
Domains
- kingship
- ancestral spirits
Powers
- lead the people out of Luba country
- Leads the bena ng'andu out of Luba country to found the Bemba paramountcy
- Succeeds to the mipashi (guardian spirits) of his matrilineal ancestors
Epithets
- Chitimukulu