An "origin" story from Simba Yangala

Here is an origin story told by Simba's Grandmother.

Beginning of mankind: "From the beginning everything was dark and only the supreme being Vidje Mukulu existed in any form he wished. Then Vidje Mukulu started to create a lot of things from imagination. Different things and creatures were made, years before what we have today as Earth. Vidje Mukulu thought of creating creatures who could live all on their own so he could rest from the work of creating and thinking. So Vidje Mukulu took the form of a snake and started to absorb all that he thought was not needed. As the snake swallowed different things to make space for us, it became bigger and bigger.  It was very tired and let out a sigh -- that's how the sky was made.  When the earth was made the way it is today, the serpent decided to rest and sleep -- to let us rule.  So it sunk deep in the bottom of the earth and is taking a nap even now. Every now and then the snake moves its tail, or changes position -- that's why we have earthquakes.  When we die we are buried under the ground, to become part of the snake we all came from."