Plant-Originating Son of the Creator
Kuba · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Second of Mbombo's three creator-sons. Typed deity (origin of plants).
Parentage
- parent: Vomiting Creator God
Domains
- vegetation
Powers
- brings forth the first plant from which all flora spring
- Bring forth the first plant
Relations
- sibling: Ant-Bringing Son of the CreatorFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Vomiting Creator God) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Lightning Spirit Cast into the SkyFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Vomiting Creator God) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: First-Man Culture HeroFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Vomiting Creator God) per the figures' cited genealogy.
Sources
- Chonganda, second son of Bumba, created the first plant, ancestor of all vegetation.: Torday, Emil, and T.A. Joyce. Les Bushongo. Brussels: Musée du Congo Belge, 1910, pp. 21-22. (primary); Vansina, Jan. The Children of Woot. 1978. (secondary)