Kahindo
Nyanga · deity · Nyanga traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Kahindo, also called Kahombo, is the Nyanga goddess of good fortune and of the personal luck (kahombo) that determines a person's prosperity. She is the daughter of Muisa, the divinity of the subterranean dead-lands. When Mwindo descends into her father's realm, Kahindo, afflicted and covered with sores, is healed by the hero and in gratitude discloses to him the secret of surviving Muisa's lethal tasks. Her benevolence toward Mwindo makes her the counterpart within the underworld to the hostile powers he must overcome, and in ordinary Nyanga devotion she is invoked for luck and well-being.
Parentage
- parent: MuisaDaughter of Muisa, lord of the dead-lands.Biebuyck & Mateene, The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga, 1969. (primary)
Domains
- fortune
Powers
- bestow good fortune
Relations
- parent: MuisaDaughter of Muisa, lord of the dead-lands.Biebuyck & Mateene, The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga, 1969. (primary)
- ally: MwindoShe counsels Mwindo through her father's trials.Biebuyck & Mateene, The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga, 1969. (primary)
Sources
- Kahindo (Kahombo) is the goddess of good fortune and personal luck, daughter of the underworld-god Muisa, who aids Mwindo by warning him of her father's deadly tasks.: Biebuyck & Mateene, The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga, 1969. (primary); Scheub, A Dictionary of African Mythology, 2000, s.v. 'Kahindo'. (secondary)