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

• 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-Moulder

Sources

• Kenyatta, J., 'Facing Mount Kenya: The Tribal Life of the Gikuyu' (1938)
• Leakey, L.S.B., 'The Southern Kikuyu before 1903' (1977)