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Out of all the East African folklore that I have read, they mostly talk about villages and how they help each other or really on something or someone. Some are about the cattle herding and women, children, and men. And fewer are using animals to say how those animals come to be. You can tell that most were brought up in small villages and tribes and were told to little children in order to entertain them or scare them .
Katonda
Katonda is one of the main gods for the Ganda, an East African tribe. He is known as the creator. He is surprisingly very similar to the Christian God and to Zeus, the Greek god of thunder. He is said to be the father of all things, people, and other gods. In folklore, he is portrayed as someone who is not feared, but not truly loved, which gives him that Zeus aspect. In one of these stories, it is said that his daughter fell in love with a man from Earth, and he gives permission for them to marry, but she is not allowed to come back and he gives them a great dowry. One day the husband goes to him for feed for the chickens and because of this he kills their children. As you can see he is not as much of a loving person as the Christian God is, but much more brutal as in the Greek god.
The Village of Hurt
There was a small village. They lived their lives mostly off of the cattle that they herded. They worshipped the god Katonda and he supplied the feed for their cattle. One day their village was attacked and most of the village was killed except for he children, women, and some men. After the attack, they turned to Katonda and asked for his help. He did so and brought good health to the survivors and repaired all the damage done to their village. Although, he did ask for one favor in return. He asked for their biggest and fattest cattle as a offering to him. They were so excited for all the blessings he had done to them that they agreed and had a great feast in his name. They feast for 3 day and soon had forgotten their promise to Katonda and when he had not received the promise that they made he killed all the cattle and left them all to die. That is were my story ends.