Ndahura
Bunyoro · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
Founder of the semi-divine Bacwezi dynasty, later venerated as a Kubandwa possession-spirit.
Children
Domains
- kingship
- smallpox
Powers
- Found the Bacwezi dynasty of Kitara
- Possess mediums in the Kubandwa cult
- Conquer and reorganise the realm of Kitara
- Send and lift epidemic smallpox
Relations
- descendant of: NyamiyongaDescends from the underworld king: Nyamiyonga's daughter Nyamata was mother of Isimbwa, Ndahura's father.Ruth B. Fisher, Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda (1911) (primary)
- descendant of: RuhangaThe Bacwezi spring from Ruhanga's Batembuzi line: Ndahura's father Isimbwa was son of Isaza, last of the Batembuzi kings.John Roscoe, The Bakitara or Banyoro (1923) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Beattie, Bunyoro: An African Kingdom (1960) (secondary)