desert folklore

A San woman sings as glowing rivers emerge from the desert ground.

Rainmaker’s Song and the Birth of Rivers

Inspired Tales·Southern Africa-Inspired Tales

Listen, children of the desert wind, listen well to this song story of the first waters. Gather close, close, close to the fire’s heart, for this is the tale of how the rivers were born and why we must honor every precious drop. Listen to the voice of! Khwa-Ka, the Rainmaker woman, whose song still echoes in every thunder

Khaa coiled around a glowing desert waterhole under moonlight, with three San hunters watching cautiously from the foreground.

Southern Africa-Inspired Tales

The Snake That Guarded the Waterhole

Come close, children of the burning sand, come close, Listen to the tale of water and wisdom, Listen to the story of Khaa the Great Serpent, Who guarded the last waterhole in the time of great thirst… Long, long ago, when the Kalahari stretched endless as the star-scattered sky,

The Hunter Who Chased His Shadow

Listen, children of the desert wind. Listen to the whispers that rise

Eland leaps across glowing desert plain under African sky, trailed by hunters and animals

Why the Eland Runs Swiftly

Gather round, people of the veld, gather round, Listen to the tale

Rainmaker’s Song and the Birth of Rivers

The Snake That Guarded the Waterhole

The Hunter Who Chased His Shadow

Why the Eland Runs Swiftly

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