Eldest Daughter, Mother of the Anjirũ Clan
Kikuyu · demigod · the founding generation · Recorded classification
Classed as demigod: a founding clan-ancestress, daughter of the progenitor pair (parentIds). Representative of the nine daughters; the others (Wambũi, Wanjikũ, Wangũi, Wangeci, Wanjeeri, Nyambũra, Wairimũ, Wangarĩ) are attested in the same lists. vitalStatus='dead' as founding ancestor.
Parentage
- parent: First Man and Founding Father
- parent: First Woman and Mother-Moulder
Domains
- clan ancestress
Powers
- founds and gives her name to one of the nine Gĩkũyũ clans
Relations
- sibling: Unspoken Tenth DaughterFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (First Man and Founding Father & First Woman and Mother-Moulder) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Wambui, Mother of the Ambui Clan
Sources
- Wanjirũ is one of the nine daughters of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi, eponymous ancestress of the Anjirũ clan; her name remains one of the principal Kikuyu female names.: Kenyatta, J., 'Facing Mount Kenya: The Tribal Life of the Gikuyu' (1938) (secondary); Cagnolo, C., 'The Akikuyu: Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore' (1933) (secondary)