Kgatla
Sotho Tswana · mortal · legendary genealogical · Recorded classification
Eponymous founder of the Bakgatla; totem the monkey (kgabo); the senior Bakgatla seat (Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela) at Mochudi. Authored as a legendary mortal tribal-founder ancestor (Oghuz-sons pattern), son of Malope and brother of Mohurutshe, Kwena, Ngwato and Ngwaketse. No mother is registered in the corpus, so only the father edge is wired.
Parentage
- father: Malope
Domains
- founding ancestry
- clan totem
Powers
- founds and propagates the Bakgatla lineage
Relations
- sibling: MohurutsheBrother and fellow founder-son of Malope (eponym of the Bahurutshe).Schapera, I. (1952). The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes. London: LSE / Athlone Press. (reference)
- sibling: KwenaBrother and fellow founder-son of Malope (eponym of the Bakwena).Schapera, I. (1952). The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes. London: LSE / Athlone Press. (reference)
- sibling: NgwatoBrother and fellow founder-son of Malope (eponym of the Bangwato).Schapera, I. (1952). The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes. London: LSE / Athlone Press. (reference)
- sibling: NgwaketseBrother and fellow founder-son of Malope (eponym of the Bangwaketse).Schapera, I. (1952). The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes. London: LSE / Athlone Press. (reference)
Sources
- Kgatla (Mokgatla) is the eponymous founding ancestor of the Bakgatla, a son of Malope, whose totem is the monkey (kgabo).: Schapera, I. (1952). The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes. London: LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology 11, Athlone Press. (reference); Schapera, I. (1942). A Short History of the BaKgatla-baga-Kgafela. Cape Town: University of Cape Town. (reference)