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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] ^ There seems to be a connection if not common theme. In the Greek story of Perseus, his future wife Andromeda was princess of 'Ethiopia' and because her mother insulted a sea goddess the punishment was that their coastal city was to be flooded by sea water and harassed by a sea monster (ketus in the original Greek). They consulted the Egyptian oracle of Amun which told them the only way to placate the gods was to sacrifice their only child to the monster. The other two African legends you mentioned (Soninke and Hausa) also have similar themes of a kingdom or people punished by divine or supernatural forces in the form of a monster or demon. Instead of excess of water, lack of water or drought was the problem and then a large guardian like serpent. I understand versions of the Hausa story even give the serpent 7 heads as well. The common interpretation I get from most scholars as well as studies of similar legends is that these tales of heroes destroying serpents (or other monsters) symbolize the conquest and/or eradication of an older order or religion. The conquering hero or founding king in these two African cases and those in many parts of the Sahel is Muslim while the serpent creature was the totem of a tutelary deity or even the deity itself. Also the heroines saved both in Greek legend as well as these African legends were queens and ancestral founders of future kingdoms. Some speculate that these women may have some direct connection to the demonized creatures perhaps as priestesses, but then were made to be victims of the old order to be rescued by their men who represent the new order or religion. Note that in Africa there is prevalent tradition of oracles associated with sacred springs or wells where large serpents dwell. The serpent is still used by voodoo priestesses in many rituals. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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