If a myth is not known it is an imaginary story invented to explain facts that in ancient times could not explain or to frighten children. Myths have spent years of oral tradition and possibly since started saying so far have changed mucho.También can find myths writings.
Africans throughout their history have been doing creation myths, the moon or the sun, which normally had the oldest of the tribe and experienced person.
I used to tell the little ones, but there were stories for older people. Normally in nomadic African tribes, it still carrying these activities.
The two luminaries
This story comes from the tribes of Senegal. The two luminaries, such as the call there are the Sun and Moon. In this myth count s are the biggest stars of the universe.
The sun was considered the star king, and as we can see by the strength of its luster, however to the moon if you look carefully, so it is considered the star queen. There are many civilizations who worship trees as kings or chieftains because they think that trees are the origins of the sun and moon.
Death
In African tribes, death was the worst thing that could happen. If someone from the tribe died, the rest had to leave this place after making worship the dead, and saying that if they did misfortune befall them.
Also, any mishaps that happen to resemble the tribe to hunt an animal that was formerly a member of the tribe died, because in these civilizations believe that when you die your soul is transported to the body of an animal.
The giant Maka
African explaining the loss of water in summer, ie in drought, with the appearance of a great giant, called Maka, which the thirsty all the water that was in the rivers or lakes drank. This giant will also blamed for the disappearance of elephants, when in reality what happens is that when the elephants are going to die go to a distant place and set apart for this.
The creation
Africans have done
numerous myths to explain the fact of the appearance of the first man and the first woman.
It is said that there were times when a higher being called Muluku, although Central African Woka call, sprouted on earth the first couple we descend. Muluku was one of the best ever known growers in African culture, it was a sower of excellence.
So, this made two holes in the ground and a man emerged from one another and a woman. Africans say they left Earth for its color appearance between it and the ground floor.
The man and woman had all the affection and love that gave Muluku. This just teach them everything he knew about the relationship between soil and crops.
So I wanted to teach them how to dig and cultivate the land so they could survive on their own. But they wanted to do nothing and the land was drying up and Moliku got angry and turned them into apes taking from the actual tail monkeys and put them and the old monkeys became modern humans.