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Overview
The unnamed daughter of Sun and Moon lives in the heavenly household sought by the son of Kimanaueze. The suitor rejects other marriage possibilities and sends a succession of letters and payments through Mainu the Frog. Her parents conduct the negotiations, while the daughter’s own actions enter the narrative most clearly when the messenger secretly reaches her sleeping room. He removes both eyes and hides them in a handkerchief, leaving her unable to get up the next morning because she cannot see.
Her parents consult a diviner through messengers. He correctly identifies a woman’s eye affliction, then explains it as a spell sent by her intended husband to secure her arrival. That explanation differs from the removal already shown to the reader. Following his recommendation, Sun arranges a large spider-web route, and the household brings the daughter down to the earthly well. Mainu meets her there, identifies himself as her guide and gives back her eyes. She travels with him to the suitor’s home and the closing passage records their marriage. Her celestial parentage, bodily loss and restoration, and movement between the two households support this episode-specific profile without supplying an unprinted personal name.
Origins & earliest records
Tale XIII is attributed to Jelemía dia Sabatelu, identified elsewhere in Chatelain’s contributor notes as Jeremias Alvares da Costa. Both its dialect and origin are labelled Mbaka. Chatelain prints the Ki-mbundu text with a facing literal English translation; the 1894 publication date is not a date for the tale’s first circulation.
Records & interpretation
Complete tale XIII, The Son of Kimanaueze and the Daughter of Sun and Moon, bilingual pp. 130–141, English pp. 131, 133, 135, 137, 139 and conclusion p. 141; contributor note XIII pp. 287–288 and notes 437–445 p. 288.
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Folk-Tales of Angola
Complete tale XIII, The Son of Kimanaueze and the Daughter of Sun and Moon, bilingual pp. 130–141, English pp. 131, 133, 135, 137, 139 and conclusion p. 141; contributor note XIII pp. 287–288 and notes 437–445 p. 288.
Family & connections
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References
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- Collected Ki-mbundu text with facing English translation and contributor notesChatelain 1894 — Daughter of Sun and Moon in the Mbaka TaleResearch access: 2026-10-05
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