the First Man from the Tree

First-ancestor tier (mortal). Named Kamangundu in the Oxford Reference recension of the myth; the primal man brought from the leadwood tree by Mukuru, with the first cattle that define Herero pastoral identity.

Domains

• ancestral origin

Powers

• emerge from the tree of origin with the first cattle

Relations

• descendant of: the Ancestral Creator

Sources

• Vedder, H. (1928). 'The Herero.' In The Native Tribes of South West Africa. Cape Town: Cape Times.