The legend of Table Mountain

Tixo, the god of the Sun, and Jobela, the Earth goddess, made love and conceived Qamata.

When Qamata created the world, he was attacked by the Great Dragon of the Sea, who was very jealous and wanted to stop the work of creation. In the battle with the Great Dragon, Qamata was crippled. In order to help Qamata, Jobela created a number of mighty giants to guard the world. She positioned one at each of the four corners of the world - in the East, the West, the NOrth and the biggest giant in the South.

After many, many angry battles with the Great Dragon of the Sea, the giants were killed, one by one, but they asked Djobela, the Great Earth Mother, to turn them into mountains so that even in death they could guard the world.

And so, the greatest giant of all - Umlindi Weningizimu - became Table mountain, the Watcher of the South.

Credo Mutwa.