Kimeru Myths, Legends and Proverbs
Author | : Tarcisio F. B. GICHUNGE |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2018-01-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 1549807080 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781549807084 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Myths and Legends are beliefs and stories that have sustained communities for centuries through generations past. They have been handed down through history and verbal repetitions as tales or stories to the children to keep them live. Their existence has bound communities together as one unity in any given society.In addition, every community has its proverbs and sages which portray the mode of life a society lives. Reading the proverbs and sages of a society you can truly judge the kind of life that society encouraged for its citizens. If you read the Myths, Legends, Proverbs and the sages of a community you fully understand the community with its customs, culture and traditions, economic and political aspirations, social and spiritual beliefs in the centuries past.If you read and discover that a community had rich traditions and customs, with social and spiritual beliefs in God, you will also discover that their economic and political aspirations are based in honest and truthful foundations. Where that differs from reality, the society might have been founded in different solid basis. Read on now.