the Withdrawing Creator

Second great anchor of the 'creator withdraws to the sky on a spider-thread' cycle, paired with the Chewa Chiuta. A high-god / sky-creator (deity). The name is glossed 'he who does not speak' (Luyana). His sky-dwelling is Litooma. Father of Mwambwa, ancestress of the Lozi kingship.

Children

• the First King
• the First Ancestress

Domains

• sky creation
• creation of living things

Powers

• ascend to heaven on a spider's web
• make all living things

Epithets

• Nyambe

Relations

• equated with: Nzambi a Mpungu
• spouse: the Moon

Sources

• Jalla, A. (1921). Litaba za Sicaba sa Malozi (History of the Barotse Nation). Cape Town.
• Werner, A. (1933). Myths and Legends of the Bantu. London: George G. Harrap, ch. III.
• Mainga, M. (1973). Bulozi under the Luyana Kings. London: Longman.