Sa, as the word for today, represents another of my occasional
dives into the complex and diverse world of deities and gods.
Sa one of a pair of underground or chthonic creator gods
from eastern Guinea on the west coast of Africa. He lived in the primeval
swamps in the area before any other living things appeared on Earth; before
even the sky or light existed. His daughter eloped with his partner deity,
bearing 14 children of different colours and speaking different languages. Sa
gave these children the tools to survive in the world.
As with so many creation stories, there are the seeds here
of an attempt by primitives to explain what must have been inexplicable at the
time the myth was born. In this respect, of course, it bears a striking
resemblance to the story of creation told in the Bible and borrowed from
Judaism by both the Christian and Muslim religions.
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