the First Pair of Mankind

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-Giver

Sources

• Smith, E. W. & Dale, A. M. (1920). The Ila-speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia, 2 vols. London: Macmillan.