African myth

Long ago, when the Creator Mawu prepared to delegate the stewardship of the earth, a choice had to be made. Among the children of heaven, Hevioso was eager to go first. But Mawu, seeing that the earth lay far below the sky, decreed that the eldest, Sagbata, should descend and assume his role. Obedient, Sagbata journeyed downward, leaving the comforts