At the summit of this feudal pyramid was the mwami, or Tutsi king, who was regarded as being of divine ancestry.

Serrano supports this idea from various myths which assign divine ancestry to 'Aryan' peoples, and even the Aztec myth of Quetzalcoatl descending from Venus.

But other tribes did not care to accept such a claim of divine ancestry, so left it at Yuchi.

So, Somananda claims a divine spiritual ancestry and investiture.

It emphasizes the divine ancestry and magical powers of Vararuchi.

Only the myth of pure blood, and divine ancestry.

The kokutai ideas of the Mito school were embraced, and the divine ancestry of the imperial house was emphasized.

Nevertheless, in spite of these institutional changes, sovereignty still resided in the emperor on the basis of his divine ancestry.

The students nodded and carried on their philosophical discourse: "The Japanese, they have their national myths about racial purity and the divine ancestry of their Emperor.

"Yes, but the background of all this is the influence of United States security interests that back the military dictatorship," said the politician, clearly bored by all this talk about divine ancestry.