Walumbe
Buganda · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Brother of Nambi and son of Ggulu; followed Kintu to earth and brought death into the world.
Parentage
- parent: Ggulu
Domains
- death
- disease
Powers
- Bring death upon the children of Kintu
- Escape underground when hunted by Kayikuuzi
Relations
- sibling: Kayikuuzi
- enemy: KintuReciprocal of buganda_kintu.enemy — Walumbe (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)
- sibling: NambiReciprocal of buganda_nambi.sibling — Both children of the sky-father Ggulu; her brother Death pursued her household to earth despite the couple's attempt to leave him behind.John Roscoe, The Baganda (1911), pp. 460-464 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Roscoe, The Baganda (1911) (secondary)