Andriamahilala is the first woman in Malagasy

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. She is associated with the

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History

Zanahary Zanahary is the personified sky of Malagasy mythology and folklore. He (usually male, but sometimes considered genderless) is considered a creator god, having collaborated with the earth god Ratovantany to create humanity; upon death, the soul mi ...

saw that Andriamahilala and her husband

Andriambahomanana Andriambahomanana is the first man in Malagasy mythology. Zanahary saw that Andriambahomanana and his wife Andriamahilala had many children and their children had children. Death was needed. Zanahary asked what kind of death they wanted. Andriam ...

had many children and their children had children.

Death Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...

was needed. Zanahary asked what kind of death they wanted. Andriambahomanana chose to die like the

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. On its death it puts forth new shoots. Andriamahilala choose to die like the

, dying and being reborn every month.

References

Malagasy mythology Legendary progenitors Lunar goddesses {{Traditional-African-religions-stub