the Moon

Consort-deity of the creator; her name is glossed 'she of the long things'. A moon-goddess (deity). With Nyambe she is mother of Mwambwa.

Children

• the First Ancestress

Domains

• moon
• creation of living things

Relations

• spouse: the Withdrawing Creator

Sources

• Jalla, A. (1921). Litaba za Sicaba sa Malozi. Cape Town.
• Werner, A. (1933). Myths and Legends of the Bantu. London: George G. Harrap, ch. III.