Founding Ancestor of the Tiv

Eponymous-genealogy progenitor tier: typed mortal (legendary human ancestor, not a god — Tiv reckon descent agnatically from him, not worship). Some traditions give the line as Shon–Takuruku–Awange. His son Tiv gives the people their name.

Children

• Tiv, Eponymous Ancestor of the Tiv
• Uke

Domains

• ancestry

Sources

• Akiga. Akiga's Story. Trans. Rupert East. London, 1939.
• Bohannan, Laura, and Paul Bohannan. The Tiv of Central Nigeria. London, 1953.