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 CreatorThe primal man called forth from the omumborombonga tree by Mukuru, fount of the Herero ancestral line; expressed as descent since the emergence is not a begetting.Vedder, H. (1928). 'The Herero.' In The Native Tribes of South West Africa. Cape Town. (secondary)

Sources

• In Herero tradition the first man came forth from the Omumborombonga tree with his wife and cattle, the ancestor of the people.: Vedder, H. (1928). 'The Herero.' In The Native Tribes of South West Africa. Cape Town: Cape Times. (secondary)