Tag: Crocodiles

Not Just Wakanda: The Sacred Rite-of-Passage Ritual That Morphs Boys Into Men and Humans Into Crocodiles

This was originally written for my Anthropology 113 course, “Witchcraft, Magic, Science, and Religion,” taken with Prof. Mark Sanders. Life on the Sepik: Introduction to the Kaningara The island of Papua New Guinea is home to almost 9 million people, 88% of which reside in rural ar...

The Monkey and The Crocodile

When the crocodile returned home, his wife was annoyed to smell fruit on his breath. She hated monkeys and forbade him from befriending one. But the crocodile had an idea. He told his wife he would trick the monkey into riding on his back, then destroy him by pulling him underwater. She was thril...