African Folklore

Rainforest Folklore

The summary of "The Spirit" is how a boy goes into the forest to capture an elephant for his dying people. He succeeds, brings it back to his village, but then is still hungry, so goes back to his trap and waits. A little boy though gets stuck in the trap, because he ran far ahead of his mother. The boy ate him, and went back to his village and told his uncles of his good luck. Then you hear screams from the forest, (little boys mom), and the men of the village grabs their guns and goes into the forest and kills her.

I don't really know much about African myth to know what was incorporating in the story; but this whole story was mention spirits a lot, hence the title. It talked about how the boys spirit carried him into the trap, and how forest spirits are dangerous.

I don't think anything was entertaining about the myth, I didn't like it.

I could apply it to my own life by incorporating it with the idea that people are only out for themselves, and to stay close to your parents.