First Man and Founding Father

Classed as demigod: the divinely-created progenitor (created directly by Ngai, parentIds=kikuyu_ngai), more-than-ordinary but mortal ancestor. vitalStatus='dead' as the founding ancestor. The ethnonym Gĩkũyũ/Agĩkũyũ derives from this figure.

Parentage

• parent: Owner of the Dazzling Light, the Divider

Children

• Nyambura, Mother of the Ambura Clan
• Wairimu, Mother of the Airimu Clan
• Wambui, Mother of the Ambui Clan
• Unspoken Tenth Daughter
• Wangari, Mother of the Angari Clan
• Wangeci, Mother of the Angeci Clan
• Wangui, Mother of the Angui Clan
• Wanjeeri, Mother of the Anjeeri Clan
• Wanjiku, Mother of the Anjiku Clan
• Eldest Daughter, Mother of the Anjirũ Clan

Domains

• the founding ancestor

Powers

• founds the first homestead at the sacred fig grove
• fathers the nine daughters from whom the clans descend
• sacrifices under the fig tree to obtain husbands for his daughters

Relations

• sibling: First Woman and Mother-MoulderFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Owner of the Dazzling Light, the Divider) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• Gĩkũyũ is the first man and founding father of the Kikuyu, created and settled by Ngai at Mũkũrwe wa Nyagathanga, husband of Mũmbi and father of the nine daughters who found the clans.: Kenyatta, J., 'Facing Mount Kenya: The Tribal Life of the Gikuyu' (1938) (secondary); Leakey, L.S.B., 'The Southern Kikuyu before 1903' (1977) (secondary)