The Eagle and the Snake

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A Chagga story tells of a needy farmer who set out to ask Iruwa for cattle. When he arrived to the rainbow's end he uttered his prayer for many days, but no cattle appeared. Finally, he was seized with rage and drew his sword to cut the rainbow
in half. Half of it flew up to the sky and became an eagle ; the
other half…..

  The eagle and the snake, once unified as a rainbow, are now divided due to man's hubris and misjudgement, defining a life cycle and endless battle —the eagle eats the snake, and the snake eats the eagle's eggs...