Masks, Myths, Novels, and Symbolic Ambiguity: Dialogues between Verbal and Visual Arts

Cibind Yirung then marries a second woman, Kamong, with whom a son is born who becomes the first king (or paramount chief) and holder of the dynastic title of Mwant Yaav.2 Luc de Heusch, in his inspiring book Le Roi Ivre, considers this narrative as a myth which speaks of a transition from the ancient and rudimentary system ruled by Ruwej to an order considered superior and more refined (the so-called sacred kingship), whose essence is introduced by the hunter coming from afar, Cibind Yirung.