South African folklore
All South African folklore consist of animals and the creating of life. They usually have talking animals to describe how some natural things came to be. With this they also have many rain goddesses and other idles that are said to control the balance of nature.
Modjadji
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Modjadji also known as the “Rain Queen” never dies but is just birthed to the next generation by one of the close relatives of the present queen. When she is near to death, she appoints her eldest daughter as her successor and ingests poison, and on deathbed she is cared for by the "wives" of the Lovedu tribe. Modjaji is the only ruling queen position in Southern Africa that can presently still be obtained. Historically she was known as an extremely powerful magician, able to bring rain to her friends and drought to enemies. Her position as a ruler is based on this power. Whoever rules as Modjadji have been feared and respected for centuries. Not a single African king would seek her wrath, fearing punishment meant drought and starvation to your tribe. The Lovedu people call upon her in times of drought, to make the rain and keep the land rich and fertile. They believe she rules over the rainfall, storms, floods, and drought. They also believe she brings gentle rains to help the crops when she is happy but destructive droughts when she is angered.
When the Skys Fell
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The people of Lovedu rejoiced as the sky's rained down with a gentle drizzle over the valleys blessed by the goddess Modjadji. But the light drizzle rapidly turned to a harsh storm as the goddess cried over the death of her husband Ekwueme. Hard times fell upon the people of Lovedu as their village ran was flooded over with Queen Modjadji's tears. The rains continued for ten days strait until the goddess started to detect the peoples struggles. She descended from the mountains and felt remorse from putting the people of the Lovedu tribe through such cruel times. Modjadji brought back the gentle rain and prosperous times back to the village and returned back to the mountains where she could watch over her people.