Proud Immortal First Man
Fang · demigod · mythic age · Recorded classification
First-man tier preceding Sekume; typed demigod (divinely created proto-human). Cited chiefly via the widely reproduced Fang creation narrative collected in the early 20th century (Trilles/Tessmann tradition) as compiled by Knappert.
Domains
- dominion over animals
Powers
- rules as master over all the animals
Relations
- descendant of: Supreme Creator of the Threefold GodheadFirst man, made in the triad's image; creation rather than begetting, so rendered as descent rather than parentIds.Beier (ed.), The Origin of Life and Death: African Creation Myths (1966) (secondary)
- enemy: Supreme Creator of the Threefold GodheadFam grew proud, abused the beasts and refused worship; Nzame buried him alive, and his undying malice still plagues mankind.Beier (ed.), The Origin of Life and Death: African Creation Myths (1966) (secondary)
Sources
- Fam is the first man created by the Fang triad, endowed with strength, leadership and beauty and set over the animals, who became impious and was punished but retained immortality.: Knappert, Jan. African Mythology. London, 1990, s.v. 'Nzame'. (secondary)