Three Sons

Maasai Creation Myth

 

First Father
First Father
In the beginning, when the Creator fashioned the first fathers of the people, he sent three sons to the wild. To the first father of the Maasai, he gave a stick. To the first father of the Kikuyu, he gave a hoe. To the first father of the Kamba, he gave a bow and arrow.

Each son survived in the wild. The first father of the Maasai used his stick to herd animals. The first father of the Kikuyu used his hoe to cultivate the ground. The first father of the Kamba used his bow and arrow to hunt.

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