Wairimu, Mother of the Airimu Clan

Kikuyu clan-ancestress (also Gathiigia), one of the nine named daughters of Gikuyu and Mumbi. parentIds set to the progenitor pair; classed demigod.

Parentage

• First Man and Founding Father
• First Woman and Mother-Moulder

Domains

• clan ancestress

Relations

• sibling: Nyambura, Mother of the Ambura Clan
• sibling: Wangari, Mother of the Angari Clan

Sources

• Kenyatta, J., Facing Mount Kenya: The Tribal Life of the Gikuyu (1938)
• Clans and Totems in Kikuyu Culture, beingafrican.org, accessed June 2026