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Anansi at Garden Spot
H-diggley asked the class to draw some Anansi depictions. Man o Man, they grunted and groaned and did it.....life is tough when youre H-diggley.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
African Myth and Human Sacrifice
Some myths present sacrifice as a way of setting right the relationship between people and gods. The Fan tribe of Africa sacrificed to appease their crocodile god, Ombure.
The Kikuyu people of Kenya in eastern Africa tell of a time when no rain fell for three years. The crops dried up, and the people asked their magician what they should do. After performing a magical ceremony, he told them to bring goats to buy a maiden named Wanjiru. The next day everyone gathered around Wanjiru, who began to sink into the ground. When her family tried to help her, those around gave them goats, so the family let her sink. As Wanjiru sank inch by inch into the ground, rain began to fall. By the time she disappeared into the ground, the rain was pouring down. Afterwards, a young warrior who loved Wanjiru went to the place where she had disappeared. Letting himself sink into the underworld, he found Wanjiru, brought her back to the surface, and married her.
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