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In the beginning, out of the nothing, a woman-goddess created herself by order of Unkulunkulu, the Eternal Spirit. By order of Him she also created the sun, the stars and the sea.
Her name was Mma. Although she was immortal she was cursed with the strangest longings and desires - anger, hunger, jealousy, sadness and love - and with all of this she infected all humans and animals. This is the reason why she is also called The Imperfect.
After Mma the Imperfect created the firmament she sat down on Thaba-Zimbi, the mountain of iron, and waited for more orders from Unkulunkulu. She became lonely and started to cry. She cried so loud that the stars trembled and some of them fell and her tears became rivers.
Eventually Unkulunkulu spoke: “Stop your hysterical outburst and continue to create a perfect universe!”
“No!” said Mma. “Before I continue I want a mate, for what is the sense in creating a universe only for myself?”
The earth and everything on it trembled while the Eternal Spirit spoke to Mma from His space beyond the stars. “You, Imperfect, must listen to the voice of your master! You may not question my orders. The sense in creating the universe is only known by me. Your duty is not to doubt, but to do what I say. Go on with your work at once!”
The mother goddess got to her feet. She was beautiful with four enormous breasts, each with a gleaming green nipple of emerald. With her eyes of gold she stared at the space beyond the stars where she could see the vague light that was Unkulunkulu . In vain she tried to touch him with her hands. Her lips glimmered silver as she answered him, “Oh, you have spoken, Eternal Spirit, and I heard you. As your instrument and toy I will obey you for better or worse.”
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... Pigmies. They had no hair like the people of today. Their skins were red and their eyes yellow.
While Mma was giving birth to this nation, the Tree of Life ran to seed. Where it fell, it turned into trees. The trees bore fruit, and where it fell, it turned into creatures of all sorts. From the bore of the tree came birds, among others the holy Kaa-U-La birds who had two heads. From the Tree of Life’s roots came snakes and all kinds of crawlers and insects.
And then there were life on earth.
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Interesting:
According to the rest of this story all people looked the same and spoke the same language. Peace lasted for 10,000 years before the evil inside these people caused the origin of different races.
The baobab tree is still known as “Uhlanga Lwe Zeswe” – Reed of all nations.
Source: My People by Credo Mutwa
To follow: An African story about Evil.
At the beginning of time only the Gods where living, until one day Sovereign Plumed Serpent and Heart of the Sky, named Hurricane, created trees, bushes, and life. Bearer Begetter was the creator or animals big and small, like birds, deers, jaguars, pumas, and serpents. When the Gods created animals they created them for the sole purpose of being worshiped by them. However, when they realized that the animals could not speak they decided they would be sent to live in the woods and fend for themselves. After this Xpiyacoc and Xmucane attempted to make humans, but instead of not being able to speak. They appeared to be too unnatural and decided to call them manikins or wood carvings so, Heart of the Sky creates a flood killing them off. It is believed that monkeys look like humans because they are the manikins who survived the flood by climbing onto trees.
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Sauer, Norman J. "Applied Anthropology and the Concept of Race: A Legacy of Linnaeus" Race, Ethnicity, and Applied Bioanthropology. Ed. Claire C. Gordon. Arlington, VA: National Association for the Practice of Anthropology 1993.
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