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African mythology and legends

Sepia folktale illustration of a young woman calming the Rain Bull with buchu leaves beneath a kiepersol tree.

The Rain Bull: A South African Legend of Wisdom

The land lay cracked and gasping beneath an unforgiving sun. Day after endless day, the sky stretched blue and empty above the parched earth of Africa. The clouds that once brought life-giving rain now drifted far overhead, distant and indifferent to the suffering below. Fruit withered on brittle branches before it could ripen. The grazing animals grew thin, their ribs
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