Southern African cosmogenic geomythology ("following a star") of the Zion Christian Church

Oral traditions and indigenous knowledge of the Limpopo Province in South Africa suggest a meteor event occurred in the area several decades ago. This relatively recent significant meteor event with associated features may have contributed to a revitalization of 13th century ancestral geomythology,...

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Published in:Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 2014-05, Vol.69 (2), p.81-89
Main Authors: Wade, Richard P., Eriksson, Patrick G., deW Rautenbach, Hannes C.J., Duncan, G.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeoastronomy
G266.2-1.2
Geomythology
Great Zimbabwe
Impact crater
Indigenous knowledge systems
Lemba
Meteor
Oral tradition
RX J0852.0-4622
Zion Christian Church
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Summary:Oral traditions and indigenous knowledge of the Limpopo Province in South Africa suggest a meteor event occurred in the area several decades ago. This relatively recent significant meteor event with associated features may have contributed to a revitalization of 13th century ancestral geomythology, also based on an astronomical event, and to an ideological transformation that augmented a vast socio-political belief system in sub-Saharan Africa.
ISSN:0035-919X
2154-0098
DOI:10.1080/0035919X.2014.905880