The Herero, a prominent South West African group, had a worldview centered around their herds of cattle. A key creation myth said first Herero had been given a bull and a cow by the Creator. Meanwhile other peoples had to be content with inferior gifts.
When this creation myth was challenged once by a German settler, one proud herdsman is reputed to have answered: “Everyone is greedy. The European is devoted to dead metals. We are more intelligent, we get our joy out of living creatures.”
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