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Other Buganda folktales include the story of Walukaga the blacksmith, Mpobe the hunter, and Kasanke the little red bird. [10] [11] Folktales in Buganda are also about hares, leopards, rabbits and other animals that live in the wild and one of the famous folk stories is about wango and wakayima. Wango is a leopard while wakayima is a rabbit.
Nambi is seen in The Quest for Kintu and the Search for Peace: Mythology and Morality in Nineteenth-Century Buganda, [2] alongside her husband Kintu. It is said in this journal that in Nineteenth-century Buganda, political leaders tried to unite back the kingdom by re-telling the creation myth and reminding those living in Buganda of where their constitutional and social roots come from.
Lukwata (Luganda for 'sea serpent', [2] the nominal form of kukwata, lit. 'to seize') is a legendary water-dwelling creature in Baganda folklore, said to be found in Lake Victoria of Uganda. [3] It has been described as 20–30 feet long, with dark smooth skin and a rounded head, and known to attack fishermen and boats. [4]
Kintu is also presented in Kizza's 2011 The Oral Tradition of Baganda of Uganda. [7] In this version of the Kintu creation myth, the importance of the story is placed upon Nambi; in the beginning of the myth, it is Nambi who falls in love with Kintu upon their first meeting in Baganda and convinces Kintu to seek approval from her father in ...
Pages in category "Ugandan mythology" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bigo bya Mugenyi; D.
Sleeping Beauty brings the fairy tale to life in a gorgeous color palette, and almost every moment of it looks like it's worthy of hanging on your wall in a frame. Even though it was made more ...
In Niger mythology, Hira is a mythical monster which occurs in epic and folklore tales of the Songhai people, particularly the Bozo people; [14] its greatest opponent is Moussa Gname. Zin are mythical water spirits that inhabit rivers and lakes in the mythology of the Songhai people , it is similar to the Zin Kibaru - a blind, river-dwelling ...
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (born 1960s) is a Ugandan-British novelist and short story writer. [1] Her doctoral novel, The Kintu Saga, was shortlisted [2] and won the Kwani? Manuscript Project in 2013. [3] It was published by Kwani Trust in 2014 under the title Kintu. [4] [5] [6] Her short story collection, Manchester Happened, was published in ...