First Woman and Mother-Moulder

Classed as demigod: the divinely-given first woman and progenitor. parentIds=kikuyu_ngai (given by/created through Ngai). The Kikuyu often call themselves 'the house of Mũmbi' (nyũmba ya Mũmbi). vitalStatus='dead' as founding ancestor.

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 mother
• fertility and motherhood

Powers

• bears the nine daughters who become the clan-mothers

Relations

• sibling: First Man and Founding Father

Sources

• Kenyatta, J., 'Facing Mount Kenya' (1938)
• Leakey, L.S.B., 'The Southern Kikuyu before 1903' (1977)