Talk:Bantu religion
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"Zulus have stories about hares, but in some cases the ferret takes on the role of the smart protagonist." - there are no ferrets in Africa! Michaelwild (talk) 07:14, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
- Can you please tell the stor 41.114.149.34 (talk) 04:12, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
"In many Bantu myths, the first man was born from a plant: for example, he came from a bamboo stem in Zulu and Tonga mythology..." - bamboo (in the traditional sense) is not indigenous to the areas where Zulus and Tongas live. It is more likely that Phragmites reeds are meant, which would be supported by the Reed Dance ceremonies, and the story that a man emerged from the reeds with cattle. Michaelwild (talk) 07:21, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
Shona people of Zimbabwe call God (Musika Vanhu) The creator of men — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:1118:46:605D:4B5A:B36:635B (talk) 13:22, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
Linguistic map[edit]
What does the linguistic map have to do with mythology of Bantu people? --Inayity (talk) 13:38, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
- I believe it's meant to show roughly where Bantu traditional religion is practiced as it indicates the location of Bantu peoples. Omo Obatalá (talk) 03:28, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
- But then it is misleading, because that map does not correspond to anything called Bantu Mythology. Most of those places are either Islamic or mainly Christian, so it is of no value. Almost looks like one of Eherts theories. It should be replaced with something representing the topic Bantu Mythology. It is like going to a page on Islam and seeing a map of distribution of Arabic. Or Christianity and seeing a map of European Languages.--Inayity (talk) 03:58, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
- I agree, it is rather irrelevant to the topic of Bantu mythology. Omo Obatalá (talk) 05:27, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
- But then it is misleading, because that map does not correspond to anything called Bantu Mythology. Most of those places are either Islamic or mainly Christian, so it is of no value. Almost looks like one of Eherts theories. It should be replaced with something representing the topic Bantu Mythology. It is like going to a page on Islam and seeing a map of distribution of Arabic. Or Christianity and seeing a map of European Languages.--Inayity (talk) 03:58, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Conspiracy theory without citation removed[edit]
I removed the reference to the European "lizard aliens" having its roots in Bantu Mythology. This reference is uncited, and refers to an Antisemitic conspiracy theory promoted by David Icke a Eurocentric who certainly didn't get this from Bantu Mythology. (The roots of this lie more in Helena Blavatsky's ideas about Atlantis.) This promotes this racist conspiracy theory among Afrocentrists and is a form of advocacy (POV) and propaganda. What does Bantu Mythology have to do with "space aliens"? Citations regarding widespread conspiracy theories have no place in matter-of-fact articles about traditional religious beliefs.
19:27, 26 December 2020 (UTC)