Tiv, Eponymous Ancestor of the Tiv
Tiv · mortal · legendary ancestral age · Recorded classification
Tiv (Nigeria) legendary eponymous ancestor, son of the apical ancestor Takuruku; the forefather who gives the Tiv people their name and father of Ipusu and Ichongo, eponyms of the two great Tiv divisions. Typed mortal (a legendary human ancestor reckoned in agnatic genealogy, not worshipped). Authored to give Takuruku his named son and to seat the Ipusu/Ichongo branching.
Parentage
- parent: Founding Ancestor of the Tiv
Children
Domains
- ancestry
Relations
- father of: IpusuIpusu, eponym of one of the two great Tiv divisions, is a son of Tiv.Akiga, Akigas Story (1939); Bohannan and Bohannan, The Tiv of Central Nigeria (1953) (primary)
- father of: IchongoIchongo, eponym of the other great Tiv division, is a son of Tiv.Akiga, Akigas Story (1939); Bohannan and Bohannan, The Tiv of Central Nigeria (1953) (primary)
- sibling: UkeTiv and Uke are the two sons of Takuruku; Tiv founds the Tiv, Uke the eponym of the surrounding non-Tiv peoples.Akiga, Akigas Story (1939) (primary)