 Ancient Banyarwanda and Barundi believed in one God, the creator "Imana".In their mythology, Imana was the creator and the supporter of all the Barundi and Banyarwanda people.Imana was seen as almighty and gracious, intervening as in one of the legends of those people in an altercation between a man who has always borrowed beans from different people but wriggled out of repaying the debt.