Kintu
Buganda · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
First man and progenitor of the Baganda; husband of Nambi.
Domains
- first human
- ancestry kingship
Powers
- Pass the trials set by the sky-father Ggulu
- Father the Baganda people
- Vanish without dying into the Magonga forest
Relations
- spouse: NambiNambi, daughter of the sky-father Ggulu, chose Kintu the first man and descended with him to people the earth.John Roscoe, The Baganda (1911), 'The legend of Kintu', pp. 460-464 (primary)
- enemy: WalumbeWalumbe (Death) followed the couple from the sky and, when Kintu refused him a child, began killing Kintu's children, bringing death into the world.John Roscoe, The Baganda (1911), pp. 460-464 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Roscoe, The Baganda (1911) (secondary)