The 12 clans of the MARIMŪ ( GIANTS) in the Agìkūyū community.
In this thread, we highlight the 12 clans of the MARIMŪ (GIANTS) that long ago lived in Agìkūyū land. We grew up listening to stories Marimū ma Nyakondo, but were 12 clans of the marimū, each with a king. First a story..
When Gìkūyū and Mūmbi, had given birth to their four, five, six children, there came into their land humongous humongous people called Marimū ( giants) . By the time Ngai decided to completely wipe out these marimū from this land, Gìkūyū and Mūmbi had given birth

Nyakairū - The great woman Mūndū Mūgo.

The name Mūgo is a professional name for medicine men, diviners and seers.

Among the Agìkūyū, women did not normally become Andû Ago. But there were cases where this great supernatural wisdom and power would seize a woman ( kūnyitwo nì Ūgo.) When this power seized a woman, she would become a prophet, healer, or seer. Women who became any of these, had the right to acquire Ūgo tools like medicinal powders from the Professional Andû Ago. The only difference between men and women andû Ago is that

The Young Prophetess - Mūrathi Kairītu ( 1947-1953)

"This prophetess is not well known. She never proclaimed her messages in public, but to special audiences of Gìkūyū leaders. These were representative of Gìkūyū squatter communities whose land had been alienated and were now living all over the country and some outside it's borders. The main objective of these leaders was to plan and strategize the process of recovery of their lands and eternal political liberation.
Areas represented included - Thìmbìgua- Banana, Limuru, Rūngìrì, Githunguri,

Nyakairū - The great woman Mūndū Mūgo.

The name Mūgo is a professional name for medicine men, diviners and seers.

Among the Agìkūyū, women did not normally become Andû Ago. But there were cases where this great supernatural wisdom and power would seize a woman
( kūnyitwo nì Ūgo.) When this power seized a woman, she would become a prophet, healer, or seer. Women who became any of these, had the right to acquire Ūgo tools like medicinal powders from the Professional Andû Ago. The only difference between men and women andû Ago is that

Definition of terms:
✓ Irigithathi - First born
✓ Itiema - Second born
✓ Mūruna / Aruna - Third, Fourth, Fifth borns
✓ Kìhinga nda- Last born
✓ Taata-sister to your mother
✓ Mama/Nyarūme -brother to your mother.
✓ Mama wa Kìahūinì- Mother's eldest male cousin ✓ Baaba mūkūrū- elder brother to your father.( Your father's elder or younger brother is not mama/uncle)
✓ Baaba mūnyinyi - younger brother to your father.
✓ Nyaciara - Mother of your husband
✓ Iciciara - Father of your husband

Definition of terms;

1. Mūiti wa mbūgū (diviner)- ūyū nīwe mūndū mūgo na nīarī mbūthū ya mwano na nī aragūraga na mbūgū.

2. Kīoni - (seer) ūyū ndarī mwano na oonagio maūndū kumania na indo na andū. No arore mbakī, matu, njata, ona mara ma mbūri kana nyoni na ahote kūheywo

ndūmīrīri nī Ngai kana ngomi.

3. Mūgongoni (priest) - ūyū no akorwo e mūthuuri o woothe mūhe guoko gwa kūgongona...ona no akorwo e mūthuuri wa kīama kana kīgotho wa mūciī. Nī mekīraga ngotho ya mūgwongo guoko kwa motho.
4. Mūrathi (prophet) - ūyū nī mwamūre nī njaama ya arathi

The Agìkūyū indigenous concepts and treatment of Mìrimū na Ndwari among the Agìkūyū as a model of holistic healing and well being.

Among the Agìkūyū, ill health and diseases of many kinds were attributed to a variety of causes. Some medical and some were non-medical. Thus, treatment depended not only on the physical diagnosis but on which power was thought to be the agent of the illness. The following are the 6 main principal causes of ill health.
1.Infectious epidemic diseases
2.Infectious non epidemic diseases
3.Natural causes

Prophesies among the Agìkūyū

Prophet Wawerū wa Gathìgì

In one of our threads, we celebrated and appreciated the role played by Mūgo wa Kìbirū popularly known as Cege wa Kìbirū. Among many of his fulfilled prophesies, was one he foretold of the coming to Kenya British colonialists and the Missionaries.

We have yet another prophet among the Agìkūyū. Not known by many but was a great one too. His name was Wawerū wa Gathìgì

Prophet Wawerū wa Gathìgì
Wawerū lived in Kabete, Kiambu district now Kiambu County. He hailed from Mbarì ya Kìhara.

Learn, re-learn, unlearn that Among the Agìkūyū, there lived a great medicine man called Waing'a. But his soon changed and in a song, he was labeled saitani

WAING'A THE GREAT MEDICINE MAN ᴺᵈᵃʰᵘ̂ⁿʸᵘ̂ᵏᶦ̂ᵗᵉ ⁿᵍᶦᵘᵐᵃ ᵏʷᵃ ʷᵃᶦⁿᵍ'ᵃ ײ
ᴺʲᵉᶜū ᴬᵏiⁿʲᵒʸᵃ,ᴬᵍᶦ̂ᵗʰᵃᵐᵇᶦᵃ ʷᵉᵍᵃ,
ᴬᵏᶦ̂ʰᵃᵏᵃ ᵐᵃᵍᵘᵗᵃ, ᴬᵏᶦ̂ʰᵘᵐᵇᵃ ⁿᵍᵘᵒ ʸᵒʰᵒⁿᵒᵏᶦᵒᵒᵒ.ᴷʷᵃ ʷᵃᶦⁿᵍ'ᵃ ⁿᵈᶦᵍᵃᶜᵒᵏᵃ.
Gʷᵃᵏᵉ ʳᶦ̂ⁿᵍᶦ̂ ⁿᵈᶦᵍᵃᶜᵒᵏᵃ ᵃᵃᵃ.

The Agìkūyū grew these 3 varieties of maize.

1. Nyamūthaka- Purple grains
2. Nyamūkūū- White grains with a few dark purple ones.
3. Njerū- Yellow

They were planted in both mbura ya Njahì and mbura ya Mwere seasons. They grew very fast.
It was planted using a mūro or kahiū ga kūrima.

Phenolic compounds in Purple corn have in numerous studies been proved to have potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, anticarcinogenic, and anti-angiogenesis properties.They were also found to ameliorate lifestyle diseases, such as obesity, diabetes,

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Agìkūyū Seed Preservation
One of the primary duties of seers was the storage of planting seeds. The community entrusted them with this duty because they were well versed in meteorological observations. At night as usual they studied the positions of the stars, for instance the Pleiades, a cluster of loose stars in the constellation Tauras consisting of 6 visible stars to the naked eyes. Pleiades are associated with weeding periods hence Kìrìmìri the weeding stars. The direction of the wind and the cloud formation has a special message to the seers

Definition of terms
✓Grandfather- Guka/Wagui
✓Grandmother- cūcū/ maitū
✓Father - Baba/ Awa
✓ Mother - Mami / Maitū
✓ Son - Mūrū
✓ Daughter - Mwarī
✓Brother - Mūrū wa maitū
✓ Sister - Mwarī wa maitū
✓Nephew/ Niece - Mūihwa
✓ Male cousin - Mūrū wa iya ✓ Female cousin - Mwarī wa iya
✓ Sister in law - Maramu
✓ Brother in law - Wamûgongo
✓ Father in law (your husband's father) - Iciciara
✓ Mother in law (your husband's mother)- nyaciara
✓ Grand Children - Tūcūcū
✓ Great Grandchildren - Tūcūkūrū

Months in Gìkūyū
In our first book publication Mūgìkūyū Mūkinyu, we explain how the Agìkūyū named their seasons. We also explain the reasons behind each of the Gìkūyū names given to the 12 months of the Gregorian calendar. Below, are the months in Gìkūyū as per the Gregorian C 1.JANUARY Mweri wa MŪGAA
2.FEBRUARY mweri wa MŪGETHO
3.MARCH mweri wa KĪHU
4.APRIL mweri wa MŪTHATŪ
5.MAY mweri wa MŪGIRANJARA
6.JUNE mweri wa GATHATHANWA
7.JULY mweri wa GATHANO
8.AUGUST mweri wa MWORIA NYONI
9.SEPTEMBER mweri wa MŪGAA WA KEERĪ

Ululations ( ngemi) in the Agìkūyū Culture:

Ngemi cia Ugìkūyū

Ngemi cia Ugìkūyū ciarì igongona rìa mbere rìrìa mwana wa kahìì kana wa kairìtu arutagìrwo.

Mwana wa kahìì aigagìrwo Ngemi ithano (5) nake wa kairìtu inya ( 4) Ngemi ici ciarì mahoya na nongorio kūrì mwana ūcio. Nongorio ciarì

Mwana wa kahìì
✓ Ūgo
✓ Ūcaamba
✓ Ūtoonga
✓ Ūthamaki
✓ Ūrathi

Mwana wa kairìtu
✓ Ūgo
✓ Ūtoonga
✓ Ūthamaki
✓ Ūrathi

Mwana wa kairìtu ndaheagwo Ngemi ya ucamba.

We have documented the philosophy of the

Learn, re-learn, unlearn that Among the Agìkūyū, there lived a great medicine man called Waing'a. But his soon changed and in a song, he was labeled saitani

WAING'A THE GREAT MEDICINE MAN
ᴺᵈᵃʰᵘ̂ⁿʸᵘ̂ᵏᶦ̂ᵗᵉ ⁿᵍᶦᵘᵐᵃ ᵏʷᵃ ʷᵃᶦⁿᵍ'ᵃ ײ
ᴺʲᵉᶜū ᴬᵏiⁿʲᵒʸᵃ, ᴬᵍᶦ̂ᵗʰᵃᵐᵇᶦᵃ ʷᵉᵍᵃ,
ᴬᵏᶦ̂ʰᵃᵏᵃ ᵐᵃᵍᵘᵗᵃ, ᴬᵏᶦ̂ʰᵘᵐᵇᵃ ⁿᵍᵘᵒ ʸᵒʰᵒⁿᵒᵏᶦᵒᵒᵒ.ᴷʷᵃ ʷᵃᶦⁿᵍ'ᵃ ⁿᵈᶦᵍᵃᶜᵒᵏᵃ.
Gʷᵃᵏᵉ ʳᶦ̂ⁿᵍᶦ̂ ⁿᵈᶦᵍᵃᶜᵒᵏᵃ ᵃᵃᵃ.

This is a song from a historical moment in Gîkûyû history.

The year is 1889, where

The 12 clans of the MARIMŪ ( GIANTS) in the Agìkūyū community.

In this thread, we highlighte the 12 clans of the MARIMŪ (GIANTS) that long long ago were in the Agìkūyū land. Whereas there is often mention of the Marimū ma Nyakondo, there were about 12 clans of the marimū and each with a king.

First a story..
When Gìkūyū and Mūmbi, had given birth to their four, five, six children, there came into their land humongous humongous people called Marimū ( giants) . By the time Ngai decided to completely wipe out these marimū from this land, Gìkūyū

Ngwìko - Sexless romance/Non penetrative sex

Introduction
The Mūgìkūyū definition of Ūthingu- this definition is hard to translate.
" Ūthingu nì ūhoti wa gūikara ūtegwìthahia, ūtekwìiihia na u
Ūtekwiyananga handū hoothe, hìndì ciothe na mahinda moothe. There is no single English word that fully captures Ūthingu in the manner the Agìkūyū perceived and practiced it. Therefore, for purposes of this thread we will use the word Holiness to mean Ūthingu
The Mūgìkūyū woman and man greatly valued Ūthingu. Ūthingu was like a fence

IGONGONA RÌA WAMŪYŪ MŪIRÌTU ŪRÌA ŪCIARÌIRE GWA ITHE NA KU
KŪHOYA KÌRATHIMO
Gūkū ti kūigūra kana kamweretho

Igongona rìrì rìa Wamūyū nìrio Awa Gìkūyū arūtìire mwana wake wa Mūirìtu wetagwo Wamūyū kana warigia. Wamūyū nìwe warì mūirìtū wa Gìkūyū na Mūmbi ūrìa wagìire ciana no Ndahikire.

NONGORIO CIA IGONGONA RÌA WAMŪYŪ

1.Mūtumia ūcio Single Mother Kūrathimwo nìgetha akahota kūgūranìra anake na kwendia aìrìtu

2.Gūtuithania Rūrìra /Ndìra cia mwana kana ciana ciake

3. Ciana gūciarwo Mūhìrìga- Inì wa gūka wao ( baba wa mūirìtu.)

Njoohi ya Mūgìkūyū nì ya kūrathima na nongoorio ya indo iria ikoragwo nacio nì ici

MAAĨ
Atĩ mũgĩkũyũ atũũragĩra ma,arũgamaga na ma,kwoguo ma-ĩĩ,na maaĩ nĩ muoyo

MĨRATINA
Mĩratina nĩ Ngai ũhandaga na ũũmbi waake ta nyoni,mũndũ angĩhaanda kĩtatina ona gĩakũra itunda nĩ gũbutha rĩbuthaga,no rĩa kwĩmeria rĩtibuthaga,kĩratina nĩkĩo kĩĩgũithagia thĩ,nongoorio ya kĩratina nĩta kuuga mũgĩkũyũ akũraga nginya we mwene akanogio nĩ gũtũũra arĩkia kuona njiarwa,akaagwa nĩ kwenda no ti gũkua.
Nĩ mũgiro gũtua mũratina ũrĩ mwĩthĩ amu kũu no ta kũũraga mũndũ,mũratina

Definition of terms; Post credit to Kikuyu Council of elders

1. Mūiti wa mbūgū (diviner)- ūyū nīwe mūndū mūgo na nīarī mbūthū ya mwano na nī aragūraga na mbūgū.

2. Kīoni - (seer) ūyū ndarī mwano na oonagio maūndū kumania na indo na andū. No arore mbakī, matu, njata, ona mara ma mbūri kana nyoni na ahote kūheywo ndūmīrīri nī Ngai kana ngomi.

3. Mūgongoni (priest) - ūyū no akorwo e mūthuuri o woothe mūhe guoko gwa kūgongona...ona no akorwo e mūthuuri wa kīama kana kīgotho wa mūciī. Nī mekīraga ngotho ya mūgwongo guoko kwa motho.