Great Spirit (Rafiki Remembers)

The Great Spirit is a male god of Africa.
When a fly's actions caused a series of events that resulted in the crushing of eggs, the Great Spirit punished him by taking away his speech. Similarly, the Great Spirit heard the distress of the animals who were afraid of Thunder and Lightning, and banished the duo from one place to another until he finally forced them to live in the sky. He also cursed a chameleon for his unkindness toward a helpful mantis.
==Biography==
===Early life===
The Great Spirit lived in Africa.
===Fly's curse===
A fly buzzed, which caused a monkey to drop his coconut. The chain of events continued until a bush-fowl's eggs were crushed by a fallen termite nest. For days, Bush-fowl grieved the loss of her eggs and did not wake early enough to rouse the sun.
When the sun did not rise, the animals grew worried and called to the Great Spirit in the Sky, who questioned Bush-fowl. She explained what had happened, and the Great Spirit tracked the story all the way back to Monkey, who blamed Fly for having tickled his nose. The Great Spirit confronted Fly, but Fly refused to admit his guilt, which led the Great Spirit to punish him by taking his speech.
===Banishment of Thunder and Lightning===
A young sheep named Lightning often threw angry fits, during which his eyes would flash great forks and set fire to the undergrowth. Whenever Lightning would do this, his mother, Thunder, would yell at him, and her voice would shake the earth, which would frighten the other animals.
Alarmed by the behavior of the sheeps, the animals went to the Great Spirit for help, and he, in turn, banished Thunder and Lightning from the forest to live on the savanna. This only angered Lightning, whose eyes flashed and set fire to the undergrowth, which prompted a ground-shaking outburst from his mother.
Once more, the Great Spirit told the sheep to leave, this time for the desert. Once there, Lightning grew enraged and set fire to the few plants that grew in the desert. In response, Thunder yelled at him and scared off all the other animals. Finally, the Great Spirit banished Thunder and Lightning to the sky, where they continue to rage and rumble today.
===Chameleon's curse===
One day, Mantis was resting beside the river when he encountered the Great Spirit. When prompted by the Great Spirit, Mantis explained that he was tired, as he had been carrying water back and forth to Chameleon, and was taking a rest. Moved by Mantis's kindness, the Great Spirit gave him a flat head to better carry the water and cursed Chameleon so that he would only be able to drink small amounts of water at a time and would change color if he became angry.
==Personality and traits==
The Great Spirit is a judicial figure, as he punishes animals if they show no remorse or change in their poor behavior.
==Appearances==
* Rafiki Remembers
** Why Flies Buzz
** Thunder and Lightning
** Cruel Chameleon
==Trivia==
* Another character named the Great Spirit appeared in the January 1990 and May 1990 drafts of The Lion King.
* A Great Spirit is mentioned in The Orphaned Baby Birds.
==References==
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