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{UAH} The Ganda clan totems used by the US and UK (copied)

The US uses the eagle (Mpuungu). UK uses the lion (Mpologoma).

Ps. Note that the eagle is also considered sacred in the bible - old testament.

What does all this mean?

The Lion Clan. — The Lion Clan give the following The Lion   reason for the choice of their totems : Kintu, soon after ^^^"'   he had ascended the throne, went out to hunt a lion and   an eagle, taking with him among his retainers some of   his sons. After killing the lion, he left a chief named   Sabaganda to flay it, and to dry the skin. This occupied   nine days, after which Sabaganda took the skin and pre-   sented it to Kintu, who, placing it on the ground   and standing upon it in the presence of a large crowd,   announced to his children that the lion was to be a sacred   animal in the future, and that they must not harm it. In   like manner, when he had killed an eagle, he had the skin   dressed and added it to the lion's skin for a rug, and told his   sons that the eagle was to be considered a sacred bird, and to   become their totem. From that time onward, these two   skins, together with the leopard's skin, have formed the royal   rug (kiyu), upon which the King sits or stands for State   ceremonies ; and the animals and birds in question have been   looked upon as sacred to royalty. Indeed, formerly no one   was allowed to possess any of these skins ; they were a royal   monopoly, and were sent to the King.







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