List of supernatural stories or themes I found interesting:
Religious:
1. Holy Bible
2. The Holy Koran
Mythological:
1. Greek Mythology
Folkloric:
2. Ghost Stories
3. West African Folk Stories
West African Folklore
As an indigene from West Africa, I decided to use this web link (http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fssn/ ) because most of the information in it sounds firsthand about my traditional heritage. Since my teenage years, I heard my parents and elders in my community say some of these same Folk stories that were published on this site. For some reason I thought I could never have the opportunity to hear these stories again. The reason is that, our forefathers did not know how to write. Thus, they just memorized events, which is why some of the fundamentals of African tradition have evaporated from existence. I am so grateful to science for at least some of my ancestral culture can be preserved.
Another importance why I chose this theme has a lot to do with my past, present and future. Due to the many wars that took place and global migration, we can somehow attest to the fact that, most ancient traditional practices are lost, forgotten or abandoned. However, the twenty first century nations tend to cope with science and technology rather than things from human prophecy. Although, I find it exciting to reflect back on some of the folk stories from my culture, I do not think these stories now have the same effect as they did to me as a boy. For example, the folk story called “Why Dead People are Buried” and “Why the Worms Lives Underground” sounded very scary to me as a boy but not anymore.
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