Myths of Tropical and Southern Africa. From the Edible Sky to Ritual Masks and the Lightning Bird

The mythology of the peoples of Tropical and Southern Africa represents a whimsical blend of cultures and beliefs from numerous tribes. From this book, you will learn who the griots are and how they managed to preserve oral traditions. Why African mythology is symbolic, zoothymic, and zoocosmic. You will gain insight into the world of spirits, gods, sorcerers, and magicians, become acquainted with the totemic beliefs of Africans, and learn about the cult of ancestors. African myths will tell you how death appeared on earth and how life is organized in the world of the dead, why time has a cyclical nature and flows from the present to the past.