Week 6 Reading Diary Continued: Thunder and Lightning

Another Nigerian tale that gives and interesting explanation to something that is instinctive to nature; why thunder and lightning are in the sky rather than why worms live underground as in the first Nigerian story I read this week. In this tale thunder (the mother) and lightning (her son) lived among the earth destroying almost everything in their paths. They destroyed so much that one day the king forced them to live in the skies. This was a really interesting story I enjoyed reading; one of the most creative ones I have came across so far! The theme of these Nigerian tales are very interesting and one of a kind for sure; I have not discovered any other cultures stories that are written with this same style.

(Lightening Living in the Sky: Source)

These thoughts were taken down after reading the story entitled The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder, written by Elphinstone Daryell in 1910.