Kayikuuzi
Buganda · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Kayikuuzi (he who digs holes), son of the sky-father Ggulu and brother of Nambi and Walumbe. In the Kintu cycle Ggulu sends him to recapture Death (Walumbe) after Walumbe begins killing the children of Kintu and Nambi; he chases his brother underground and digs the Ttanda pits, but the cries of the people let Walumbe escape, so Death stays in the world. Named in the buganda_ggulu entry as the third child (father of Nambi, Walumbe, and Kayikuuzi).
Parentage
- paternal: Ggulu
Domains
- underworld digging
- pursuit of death
Powers
- Dig great pits in pursuit of Death
Epithets
- Kayikuuzi He who digs holes — the digger sent to bring Death back to the skyRoscoe, The Baganda (1911), pp. 460-464 (primary)
Relations
- sibling: NambiBrother of Nambi, daughter of Ggulu and wife of Kintu; reciprocal sibling edge to be added to buganda_nambi.Roscoe, The Baganda (1911), pp. 460-464 (primary)
- sibling: WalumbeBrother of Walumbe (Death), whom Ggulu sent him to recapture; reciprocal sibling edge to be added to buganda_walumbe.Roscoe, The Baganda (1911), pp. 460-464 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Roscoe, The Baganda (1911), 'The legend of Kintu', pp. 460-464 (primary)
- son-of-Ggulu-and-pursuer-of-Walumbe: Roscoe, The Baganda (1911), pp. 460-464 (primary)