Jaki
Lugbara · demigod · mythic age · Recorded classification
Jaki, one of the two Lugbara hero-ancestors and first rainmakers (paired with Dribidu), came into the present Lugbara land, received fire from a woman, cured and married her, and fathered many sons who founded the major clans; he died on Mount Liru. Classed demigod (hero-ancestor tier), matching his partner Dribidu. His father in some tellings is Yeke, the first to settle and farm, who is not entered here as he is not named in the window prose.
Domains
- rainmaking
- founding of clans
- magic medicine
Powers
- Brings the first rain-medicine into Lugbara land
- Fathers the sons who found the major Lugbara clans
Relations
- sibling: Hairy Hero-Ancestor and RainmakerPaired with Dribidu as the two Lugbara hero-ancestors and first rainmakers; Jaki died at Mount Liru, Dribidu at Mount Eti. Both descend from the line of Gborogboro and Meme.Middleton, Lugbara Religion (1960); the paired hero-ancestors Jaki and Dribidu (secondary)
- descendant of: First Woman Who Bore the AnimalsThe later descendants of the first-woman Meme produce the founding hero-ancestors Jaki and Dribidu.Middleton, Lugbara Religion (1960) (secondary)