Somali mythology

[psyche]

You're the ignoramus. Alhamdulillah our people were guided from darkness to light and you want to bring up the dark past and claim it is a part of our glorious history that we can learn from. Aoothubillah!

"Then is it the judgement of [the time of] ignorance they desire? But who is better than Allah in judgement for a people who are certain [in faith]" (Quran 5:50)

I'm not here to talk about your God buddy I'm here to talk about myths. If you want to argue about why your God is superior to the past God's we can take it to the Islamic section.

 

[ibn Yahya Al-Sooli]

I'm not here to talk about your God buddy I'm here to talk about myths. If you want to argue about why your God is superior to the past God's we can take it to the Islamic section.

Islamic section kulahaa! More like the apostate section. In fact that section is so filthy I have to take a shower and pray two voluntary rakaa every time I finish reading posts under it.

 

[AishaBarri]

Wallahi some people are so ignorant. What’s wrong with preserving previous beliefs/folklore. Who wouldn’t want to know what their ancestors were doing 1000 years ago? That’s identity and culture right there but our ancestors decided to throw that out the window. Practice Islam but don’t act like people back in the day were backward animals.

 

[abdallah]

How robust is Somali folklore/myths?

From what I could remember by asking others and my parents there's not that much to it. Which is unsurprising considering Islam and to a lesser extend other Abrahamic religions tend to do an excellent job of destroying native legends. It also didn't help that Somalis weren't smart enough to write down information. It really is sad that so much history was lost because of this

This guy is a Gaal trying to get information to use on Somalis on twitter

 

[Octavian]

Mythology provides a window into how people use to think and their view of the world

 

[Octavian]

and its also what most countries use as their foundation for their national identity

 

[Basra]

How robust is Somali folklore/myths?

From what I could remember by asking others and my parents there's not that much to it. Which is unsurprising considering Islam and to a lesser extend other Abrahamic religions tend to do an excellent job of destroying native legends. It also didn't help that Somalis weren't smart enough to write down information. It really is sad that so much history was lost because of this

Why would u care about pagan mythology? Isn't Islam enuf?

 

[Octavian]

Why would u care about pagan mythology? Isn't Islam enuf?

people have lived in what is now somalia for 1000s of years wouldn't you wanna know about what your ancestor where up to

 

[Basra]

people have lived in what is now somalia for 1000s of years wouldn't you wanna know about what your ancestor where up to

Not really. I don't want to know my ancestors used to mix herbal potions and produce hermaphrodites looking xaliimos who kick a$$

naaah i rather gloss on the contemporary clean-ness of Islam

 

[Dooyo]

We should try to understand how our ancestors lived and never stop the pursue of knowledge, no matter how backward and dumb you think the shit they worshiped was.

 

[Basra]

We should try to understand how our ancestors lived and never stop the pursue of knowledge, no matter how backward and dumb you think the shit they worshiped was.

its an embarrassment. U like that aspect because u is agnostic. The reason humanity became pagans is because they worshiped their fore fathers.

 

[abdallah]

people have lived in what is now somalia for 1000s of years wouldn't you wanna know about what your ancestor where up to

Fu’ck them people, my ancestror was Ahlul Bayt

 

[Octavian]

mythology although not based on reality often does gives us glimpses into what and how people where after all much of who you are are based on what your parents thought you and these people thought them

 

[Dooyo]

its an embarrassment. U like that aspect because u is not agnostic. The reason humanity became pagans is because they worshiped their fore fathers.

And are we at risk of worshipping our forefathers right now? No. The Greeks know all about their ancestor's pagan religion but they still are Christians.

 

[Basra]

And are we at risk of worshipping our forefathers right now? No. The Greeks know all about their ancestor's pagan religion but they still are Christians.

Thats a stretch. The greeks invented adonis gay

 

[Juke]

Wallahi some people are so ignorant. What’s wrong with preserving previous beliefs/folklore. Who wouldn’t want to know what their ancestors were doing 1000 years ago? That’s identity and culture right there but our ancestors decided to throw that out the window. Practice Islam but don’t act like people back in the day were backward animals.

Our ancestors didn't preserve that stuff. They clearly didn't want us to know or care much about it.

People back in the day were backward animals. They were desert savages that drank the blood of their herd.

 

[Mehdi Hassan]

I'm not here to talk about your God buddy I'm here to talk about myths. If you want to argue about why your God is superior to the past God's we can take it to the Islamic section.

"if you want argue why you're God is superior the the past gods" nigga this isn't Shark Tank. Nobody's trying to sell anything to you

 

[AishaBarri]

Our ancestors didn't preserve that stuff. They clearly didn't want us to know or care much about it.

People back in the day were backward animals. They were desert savages that drank the blood of their herd.

The fact that they survived such a harsh climate shows that they were knowledgeable. Ever heard of take the good and leave the bad behind

 

[Ace the shank]

heres a somali mytholgy for you y'all ready? its called samaale he never existed our ancestor was called nuh and our asal is Babylonian

 

[Mehdi Hassan]

The fact that they survived such a harsh climate shows that they were knowledgeable. Ever heard of take the good and leave the bad behind

Not really. Survival skills are essential in such a harsh climate but are pretty basic knowledge. Nothing like the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, or Arabs.