Exam 21: Africa: the Mwindo Epic

_________________ rescues Mwindo from the drum.

When Mwindo is born, a _____________, bearer of bad omens, delivers the news to his father.

Nkuba becomes Mwindo's ally and destroys ___________________ with seven lightning flashes.

While in the drum, Mwindo attracts the attention of the maidens on shore by ______________________.

Mwindo chases his father, who hides in the home of ___________________, the creation god.

Mwindo is recognized as a very special child when his people discover he has been born with a _______________ in his right hand.

When Mwindo is born, Shemwindo wants to _____________ him.

Iyangura is Shemwindo's ______________.

Mwindo's name, ______________________, emphasizes his ability to perform adult actions from the moment of his birth.

________________, Muisa's daughter, helps Mwindo pass the tests set by her father.

The story about Mwindo is told by the _________________ people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

______________ accompanies Mwindo on his trip to Tubondo to confront his father.

At the end of the Mwindo Epic, Shemwindo finally acts honorably by _________________________________.

______________ is Mwindo's father.

____________________, Mwindo's aunt, is very helpful to him.

______________ is a female water spirit and a sister of Mukiti.

Because his heroism is due to ______________, Mwindo can be considered the same type of hero as Prometheus.

Mwindo's maternal uncles, the Baniyana, help him by_________________________________.

Shemwindo has his counselors build a ____________ in which he expects to drown Mwindo.

Shemwindo tells all of his wives to bear only daughters because__________________________________.