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A long time ago, the Cow and the Buffalo lived in the forest with their mother. One day, their mother was killed by humans in a hunt. “We must revenge our mother,” said the cow. “Yes,” said the buffalo, “we must revenge our mother! I am going to kill any human I see in the forest! They will dread my fury!” ” No,” said the cow, “you must not get so furious. Just calm down and think. They will kill us like our mother if you attack them. Think.”
“What is there to think about?!” said the buffalo angrily. “This is war!” “Yes I know it is war,” replied the cow “but there must be a better way of killing humans. I know!” the cow said: “We must surrender to humans and give them milk. Feed them and in due time they will value us so much that they will begin to fight over us and thus kill each other. That’s the best way to revenge our mother!”
“What nonsense!” said the buffalo, “me surrender to those who killed our mother!. Have you gone mad? I will never do such a thing. You do it your way and I will do it my way.” The cow and the buffalo then parted company. The cow surrendered to humans and the buffalo remained in the forest.
Today we know which of the two has killed more people than the other. It is the cow! Brother kills brother for the cow. Clans will feud over the cow. Nations will go to war over the cow. And a man without cows cannot marry a decent woman. The cow has more than revenged her mother. It has enslaved humans.
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“How the Dinka got the Cow” – an ancient story/folktale from the Dinka community from South Sudan. Various communities among them are the Ngok, Atuot, Twic, the Bor and the Cich.
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There is a saying that “just as man domesticates the animal, so does the animal domesticate man”. It is through the ox that a youth becomes a man in initiation, giving him the capacity to marry, establish a home, and eventually join the elders as the ultimate leaders in society. He takes his name from his favourite animal and praises and imitates this animal in song and dance, in cattle raids, and in everyday conversation. When an elder’s authority is questioned or slighted, he says, “we are the bulls”. An animal becomes more than an animal because of its relationship to man; it is almost human; hence the mutual identification.
-This is from a book about the Turkana whose title I don’t remember
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Much love for sharing Karuga. Yes this is from the book titled: Sacrifice and Prophecy in Turkana Cosmology by Anthony J Barrett. I had to look up the title of the book as you shared such good info lol.
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Very impressive Goddess. How did you find the title?
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Detailed info and key words you provided made it very easy for me to find the book on Google Books therefore I thank you. Much Respect Karuga.
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Oh! I didn’t know that one could do that. Thanks for bringing me up to speed. Much respect same way Goddess
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At first I thought this was going to be about lactose intolerance, cancer, heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, diabetes, infections, kidney disease, liver disease and other illnesses caused by the eating of red meat. Cows 1-Humans 0
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Yes I hear you. But as you know so well our ancient stories encompasses and embraces a direct realism and expression of all things that matter….blessings always.
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Interesting 🙏🏿🖤👌🏿. My Father told me a story about 3 bulls an Elder & 2 young ones having a conversation. Both young bulls were talking about their exploits and what they want to do. One said he wanted to do the bull run and buck dung people, the other said he wanted to be in the ring to do bull fighting. The Elder bull said u all can go and do those things, good for u. Then the both asked the Elder bull what will he be doing. The Elder bull said I will stay here for heifer & heifer & heifer & heifer 🤷🏿♂️
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