the First Pair of Mankind
Tonga · mortal · primordial · Recorded classification
First-ancestor tier (mortal); an unnamed primeval human pair in the Ila/Tonga origin account recorded by Smith & Dale. Sex unspecified as the pair is treated collectively. Id distinguishes them from the high-god tonga_leza.
Domains
- human origin
Powers
- be set on earth by the sky-god
Relations
- descendant of: the Besetting Rain-GiverThe first human pair created by the sky-god/creator Leza; recorded as origination from the creator (descent) rather than parentage to respect their mortal type.Smith & Dale, The Ila-speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia, vol. 2 (1920) (primary)
Sources
- Ila/Tonga tradition holds that the first human pair, and the animals, originated through the supreme being Leza.: Smith, E. W. & Dale, A. M. (1920). The Ila-speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia, 2 vols. London: Macmillan. (secondary)