He fell to Earth out of the mythical "swamp of life," because he grew too heavy for a reed in the sky swamp to hold him, after which he began forming other reeds into humans.
In one tale, this god throws the eyes of dead humans into the sky where they become stars and foil an evil dwarf, who can't stand starlight. Wilhelm Bleek recorded an unusual tale in which this god gave one group of people spears, and another group of people guns. When this god grew ferociously hungry, he took a lightning-master form called the "Wise One," and thunderbolted a cow for himself to feast upon. Upon gaining sight, his first decision was that white people should live in the ocean and black people should live on land, then he created rivers and mountains. He fell to Earth out of the mythical "swamp of life," because he grew too heavy for a reed in the sky swamp to hold him, after which he began forming other reeds into humans. He then sent out a chameleon to grant immortality to man, but it dilly-dallied and was beaten by a lizard who brought word of death. FTP, name this supreme creator god of the Zulu people.
In one tale, this god throws the eyes of dead humans into the sky where they become stars and foil an evil dwarf, who can't stand starlight.
Unkulunkulu [or uNkulunkulu]