Ethiopian Folktales

How the Dog Became Man’s Friend (2)ውሻ እንዴት የሰው ጓደኛ እንደሆነ (2)

Somaliaሶማሌ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ

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Narrated by Abdul Hakim Abdulahi Jibril

The dog is made of the human’s umbilical cord. The woman likes the man because she’s made of his rib. The man likes land because he’s made of dust, and that’s why men always fight over land.

ውሻ እንዴት የሰው ጓደኛ እንደሆነ (2)

በአብዱልሃኪም አብዱላሂ ጅብሪል የተተረከ

ውሻ የተፈጠረው ከሰው ልጅ እትብት ነው፡፡ ሴት ወንድን የምትወደው ከጎኑ አጥንት ስለተፈጠረች ነው፡፡ ሰው መሬትን የሚወደው ከአፈር ስለተፈጠረ ነው፡፡ ስለዚህ ነው ሰዎች ሁልጊዜ በመሬት የሚጣሉት፡፡

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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ

  1. Who narrated this story?

  2. According to the story, what is the dog made of?

  3. Why does the woman like the man?

  4. What is the man made of in the story?

  5. Why does the man like land?

  6. According to the story, what do men always fight over?

For discussionለውይይት

  • The story says the dog is made of the human's umbilical cord. Why do you think this might explain the friendship between dogs and people?
  • The story says the woman likes the man because she is made of his rib. What do you think this tells us about how people are connected to one another?
  • The story explains that men fight over land because they are made of dust. What lesson or idea do you think the storyteller wanted us to learn from this?
  • This folktale tries to explain where things come from and why they happen. Why do you think people tell stories like this to explain the world?