Meru Mythology
Poachers and lumbermen illegally cleared
wild animals and century-old trees in the Mt. Kenya forest;
a sacred forest in Meru.
Angered by this deeds,
the Njuri Ncheke, council of elders,
sacrificed a ram to the mountain gods,
and from the gods' realm emerged a python-like snake!
If any trespasser is bitten by the snake,
he or she slowly turns to humus!
There's a boy who tested the forest curse,
and grazed his goats in the forest;
they all died......!
A poacher once chased a wild boar,
only to be swallowed by a lake which was a grass
field, only to become a grass field once again!
Dear folks,
don't try getting into the forest,
without the blessings of the elders.....
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