Marriage of the Rain Goddess: A South African Myth

by Margaret Olivia Wolfson

Book Overview

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569247749
• ISBN13: 9781569247747
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Marlowe & Company
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.7" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A finely presented South African myth.

The rain goddess lives in the clouds, but though her home's gorgeous, she isn't happy but lonely. The gods provide her with no husband so she decides to look among the mortals, with unusual results. A fine South African myth.