Ant-Bringing Son of the Creator
Kuba · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
One of the three creator-sons who finish the world after Mbombo. Typed deity (origin of fertile soil).
Parentage
- parent: Vomiting Creator God
Domains
- soil and earth
Powers
- vomits forth the white ants that enrich the soil
- Vomit forth the white ants that make the soil
Relations
- sibling: Plant-Originating 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
- Nyonye Ngana, a son of Bumba, completed creation by bringing forth the white ants and died; the ants buried him and made the barren earth fertile.: 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)