African Folklore Reaction: The Spirit (Rainforest)

"The Spirit" is about a boy hunter who decides to hunt down an elephant for his starving village. He succeed in killing the elephant, but decided that it was not enough. So he set up more traps to hunt more goods. After he was done setting up the additional traps, two spirits wandered around in the rain forest, a mother spirit and a child spirit. The child spirit got caught in the boy hunter's trap, and was eaten by him. After that, the boy hunter returned to his village. Later on, the villagers head weird moaning from the rain forest, and figured it to be the mother spirit. Knowing that enraged spirits are dangerous, the villagers loaded their guns and shot down the mother spirit. In the end, the villagers cut her body and scattered around the rain forest.
African myths contain many supernatural elements, such as spirits. "The Spirit" had two spirits killed by the savage villagers. This also showed interaction between the African villagers and the spirits throughout the story. This is one of the most common elements of African folklore.
The story was very disturbing. I did not enjoy this gruesome folklore at all. Chopping up a child's body then the mother's sounds extremely barbaric. This was the most disgusting folklore I have ever heard.
Even though the story was very bloody, it did point out some African cultures. A boy hunter decided to take responsibility to feed his village and came back with an elephant. This shows the strong males of Africa as well as their leadership. It appears very odd, but when the mother spirit let her child roam around freely in the rain forest seemed to have a morale saying that a mother should never leave his child by himself for his/her own safety.
In conclusion, this story taught me to be a man and take responsibility for my actions.