Marriage of the rain goddessheart

A retelling of a Zulu myth about the joining of heaven and earth when Mbaba Mwana Waresa the rain goddess chooses a mortal for her husband Marriage of the Rain Goddess A South African MythThe most interesting thing the tween and I learned from this book is that an ucu is a woven beaded necklace that communicates a love note through the pattern and color of the beads displayed Young South African Zulu women give these encrypted love letters to the young men they like to wear around their necks The 12 year old and I read this to complement our early modern Africa history lesson Hardcover A South African Myth inspired by a Zulu story from the Natal region this is a beautiful and well written story in which much has been added to and amended to the original On saying this in the aspects that Wolfson has added to she has focused on integrating and celebrating customs and beliefs I think the problem is that the clothing and other cultural signifiers are taken from an amalgamation of different tribes and not all from the Zulu culture This is however acknowledged at the back Hardcover Mbaba Mwana Waresa the rain goddess is looking for a husband She first looks for a suitor in the heavens but does not find herself attracted to any of the gods She then searches for a husband within the mortals finding Thandiwe but she must first test him to be sure he is a worthy suitor Thandiwe sees through her disguise and they marry making him an immortal god Hardcover Beautiful beautiful writing Hardcover A children s book of an South African myth Simple story but it s aimed at children I m not entirely sure how it ended up in my to read pile A story about being true in heart and looking past facades And also being a good person makes you worthy of a goddess love Cute well illustrated It made me curious as to the origins of the myth Hardcover .