Abradi and the Deadly Rabbit (Ama, Nyimang/Sudan)
Abradi is the high god, the creator, maker of all things. All-powerful, he is above all spirits: he has given them their power, but is not usually held responsible for their acts. He is in the sky, has never been seen by man, although he is considered to be a presence on the earth. He is treated with reverence, and is invoked in times of drought, epidemic, famine, or family crisis.
In the beginning, the sky was so near the earth that it tended to be suffocating, pressing down on people. When women stirred millet porridge, they had difficulty with the stirring rods because they brushed against the sky. The sky was so low that the women ...