The black prince-hunter from the east who brings refined, sacred kingship (bulopwe) to the Luba — 'Mbidi the hunter,' the celestial/lunar master of the rain, foil to the red rainbow-serpent Nkongolo. Husband of Nkongolo's sisters Bulanda and Mabela and father of Kalala Ilunga; he returns alone to the east. Authored as a deity (a celestial/heroic culture-bringer of the charter). era mythic. (Recorded in the historical king-lists as Ilunga Mbili.)