Description

In this collection of 11 short mythological stories of the Khoi-San peoples of Southern Africa, the ancient voices echo through myth and memory, carrying us into a world where creation is fragile, contested and alive with mystery. These stories are not merely tales of gods and spirits. They are meditations on beginnings and endings, on the cycles of death and renewal, on silence and speech, on light and shadow. Together, they weave a tapestry of cosmic struggle and human longing, where every wound opens a path to transformation, and every bargain carries the weight of destiny. At their heart lies the tension between Tsui-Goab, the bringer of dawn and healing, and Gaunab, the spirit of darkness and death - a conflict that mirrors the eternal balance between hope and despair. This volume is a journey into origins, into the fragile dawns that shape existence and into the haunting beauty of a cosmology that still speaks to us across time.