Bantu Religion + Kongo Shamanism in California
One day, the Eggun (dead) came down to the Earth and made a bet with Sacrifice (Chango’s brother), that the moon would come out that night in all her splendor.
Straight away, Sacrifice went to his father Orula and told him about the bet. Orula laughed and asked “Why did you make such a foolish wager? [...]
A witchdoctor was asked to protect a little boy who was being attacked by evil spirits.
“Which bone is the one bone that the dog never eats?” the witcdoctor asked, as he tied a bone around the little boy’s neck.
“I don’t know,” the little boy replied.
“A dog can never reach the bone tied around his own [...]
First man created the rifle, then he created the bullet – powerful weapons!
A good man uses his rifle to hunt and bring food to the village. He makes a lot of people happy.
A bad man uses his rifle to kill innocent people. He causes sorrow for everyone in the village.
MORAL: Let’s not blame the weapon. [...]
Once day, three people who had been having bad luck decided to turn their luck around. They prayed to Eshu, guardian of the crossroads and messenger of the gods. “Eshu!” they cried out. “We call upon your blessings! Bring us knowledge and bring us power!”
Before too long, Eshu appeared. “What do you guys want?” he [...]
Once a man asked Olodumare for food. He cried and called out to God: “I am hungry! Please give me food!”
The day went by, the sun rose and set, but there was no answer. So the man asked again: “I am hungry! Please give me food!” But still there was no answer.
Lucifer, who was standing [...]
Once there was little ant crying for help and telling everybody: “My stomach! I have pain in my stomach!”
People walked by him and asked themselves: “Where is that screaming coming from? Who is it that in such pain?”
Finally, a man saw the little ant and smashed it.
MORAL: Never tell people your problems. Fix them yourself.
One day there was a man with two legs and no shoes. The shoeless man had a friend whose legs had been amputated.
The shoeless man cried out to Olodumare: “I have a problem! I don’t have any shoes!”
Olodumare said to the shoeless man : “You don’t have a problem. You can go to the shoe-store [...]
One day a Babalow (who was very powerful) was walking past a house and he saw an old man crying over his horse. The horse had been carrying all of the food for a certain village and was almost dead with exhaustion.
The Babalow said to the old man: “What is the problem? Why are you [...]
