kuku and Hebrew culture

A COMPARATIVE STUDY of THE KUKU CULTURE and THE HEBREW CULTURE:
M.M.NINAN
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but there will be no rain anywhere else. You will hear strange voices and funny sounds.
But never say a word. If you do you will be made stiff that you cannot go, or you may get
lost and will disappear into no man's land. You will be lost to this world until your relatives
bring an offering of egg and goat or ram to that place. Then you will be released
unharmed.
If you feel thirsty and ask for water , water will come to you in a very small pot called
'Lupunit' or a gourd called 'Ker', cooled and nice. But as you drink, it will never finish. You
will try to pass the pot to your friends, but it will remain stuck to you and immediately after
that you will disappear into the invisible unknown world until the gods are appeased. As
long as you do not speak, no god can harm you. If you are going to release a lost or
locked person, please consult the landlord of the place. There are several places like this
in Kuku land.
http://www.nai.uu.se/news/articles/2013/12/16/111613/index.xml
December 16, 2013
River gods at the source of the Nile
NAI researcher Terje Oestigaard is interested in a relatively unexplored area of research.
During a three-week field work in Uganda on the White Nile, he interviewed healers who
are chosen by river gods.
– I've been blessed by several river gods, says Terje Oestigaard.
The river gods are said to have power over the Nile and have settled in different healers'
bodies. They choose which humans they are going to be reincarnated through and are
telling them that in their dreams for example, or by allowing them to feel a physical
presence of them by a snake. Other healers acknowledge that these people really are
chosen and are used as the medium of the river gods. People are then seeking them to
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