Ancestral Mother of the Kuba
Kuba · demigod · mythic age · Recorded classification
Kuba ancestral mother, sister-wife of the registered Woot and named in the Woot entry (his sister-wife is Mweel). Authored as a daughter of the creator Mbombo (parentIds kuba_mbombo), making her a full sister of Woot and of the three creator-sons already registered; the sibling edge to Woot is declared once and auto-reciprocates. Typed demigod, parallel to her brother Woot.
Parentage
- parent: Vomiting Creator God
Domains
- ancestral origins
Powers
- becomes the ancestral mother of the Kuba lineages
- Become ancestral mother of the Kuba lineages
Relations
- sibling: First-Man Culture HeroSister of Woot the first man; both are children of the creator Mbombo.Vansina, Jan. The Children of Woot. 1978 (secondary)
- spouse: First-Man Culture HeroAlso the consort of Woot; their brother-sister union is the founding incest of the Kuba origin tradition.Vansina, Jan. The Children of Woot. 1978 (secondary)
Sources
- Mweel, sister and consort of the culture-hero Woot, is the ancestral mother of the Kuba peoples; their incestuous union led to their expulsion from the first village and the migration that founded the Kuba and Lele, and she is honoured in the royal Ngaady aMwaash mask.: Vansina, Jan. The Children of Woot: A History of the Kuba Peoples. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1978 (secondary)