My goal is to argue that 'the relation of metaphor to cultural models varies, and that no simple statement about its priority, centrality, or epiphenomenality will suffice'. To this end, I would like to draw attention to one of the relationships between a metaphorical model and non-metaphorical cultural models, that of congruence. The cross-domain mapping of a conceptual metaphor and the cross-domain mapping that might be observable in other symbolic resources available to members of a culture may be congruous in that they may exhibit parallelism, harmony, or appropriateness - a correspondingness in character. Congruence across mappings will be illustrated through the specific example of lust and sex in Chagga, a Bantu language of Tanzania. Chagga metaphors for lust and sex will be shown to be congruous with non-linguistic symbols and rituals of sexual coming of age. The expanses of congruence, however, mask points of incongruence: there is some measure of discord if the fine details of mappings are taken into account. (Michele Emanatian)