The Myth of the 'Divine Sister': Greek Version and Uganda Version for a short read

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Greece and Sub-Sarahan Africa share a common mythological story in which you can read here:

Greek version - Jason and the Golden Fleece

Upon return from the Trojan War, Jason and the Argonauts are quested with the task of attaining the hide of a Mystical Flying Ram to retain Jason's kingship.  It is hung from a tall oak tree and guarded by a dragon under the watch of King Aeetes.  King Aeetes wants Jason to fail.  So he gives three perilous tasks hoping that Jason may die trying to earn the prize.   Princess Medea - the daughter of King Aeetes - gets the hots for Jason and decides to protect him from her father's tricks.  She arms with three secret items. 

The first task is to plow a field filled with fire-breathing oxen.  Luckily, one of the items from Medea is a fireproof ointment, and he completes the task, unscathed.  The next task is to get passed a small army of robot-like skeleton soldiers.  Once again, he is prepared by Medea's assistance as he pulls out a simple rock she gave him. He throws it away from thee skeleton soldiers, and they chase it while he slips by.  The final task is to bypass the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece.  Jason sprinkles Medea's third item - a sleeping potion - on the dragon and attains the prize.  He darts away with Medea at his side, and Aeetes sends an army after them.  They escape by using excessive violence which causes the wrath of the gods to follow them for the remainder of the epic.

Uganda Version - Kintu and Nambi

There is no food in Uganda, but the hero Kintu makes good of his resources and manages to survive.  This causes Nambi - the Sky God's daughter - to get the hots for him.  Nambi wants to marry Kintu so the Sky God gives him a series of impossible tests.    The first test comes when the Sky God steal's Kintu's only cow so he will inevitably starve.  But Nambi teaches Kintu how to find edible plants so he passes the test.  The next task is for Kintu to find his cow in a pasture full of identical cows.  Nambi sends a bee to tell Kintu to pick the cow that it lands on.  The bee lands on Kintu's cow, and he passes the final test.  And so the Sky God allows a marriage between them, but he banishes them from Heaven.  Later, Nimbi returns to Heaven because they're short on food, and as punishment the wrath of Death moves to Earth.

The Divine Sister archetype shows up in many cultures, globally.  Basically, she is what happens when a man's resourcefulness, heroism, cunning, wit, strength, and resilience slays a menacing part of nature + changes part of the current cultural order or zeitgeist.  She is depicted in many myths including the goddesses Athene and Electra, the Statue of Liberty, and sometimes even the goddess Isis in Egypt

Edited May 25, 2021 by Woke456

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This is in society, politics, and consciousness because I want to point out that Western Civilization and sub-Saharan Africa share a common human mythos despite having no contact.  To end the bitterness of race-rallying we must accept and be educated on the fact that humanity has shared a common storyline.