Cameroonian Myths

At the beginning of the world, there was nothing like sickness, old age and death; people lived on and on forever. There was no pain, nor sorrow. Everybody lived happily. One day, the dog and chameleon started an a debate about of the world’s population, as the world was almost becoming overpopulated…

“The Origin of the Dry and Rainy Seasons”, “Lake That Travelled With The Undesirable Twin”, “How Sickness, Old Age and Death Began”, “Origin of EVU (Evil Spirit) and AWU (Death) amongst the Beti-Fang”, “Why the Moon and the Sun Live in the Sky”, “A Water God “Atutu” who marries the most beautiful princess”.