![]() ![]() ![]() The Zebra Swallowtail is the official state butterfly of Tennessee. Its obvious black and white-striped pattern is like the pattern of a zebra. Some authors place the species under the genera Iphiclides, Graphium, and Papilio. The Dziva totem also produces great politicians particularly the late former Prime Minister Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai of the biggest opposition party Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe. The Zebra Swallowtail ( Eurytides marcellus) is a North American butterfly. It is part of Zimbabwean mythology that the great sea fish was discovered by ancestors on the banks of the great river which they were told to cut portions for their families leaving it alive to find it unscathed the next day. Anything that comes from water was not to be eaten,but various theories today has left many believing that a certain type of sea fish should not be eaten possibly the shark or whale which they call “jekausiye” meaning cut enough portion for your family and leave the rest. They believe that eating fish is forbidden among them, however cultural dilution today is leading many to undermine those traditional statutes. These people come from areas along the Save river which include Hwedza, Buhera, Chivu and most parts of the southern Manicaland, Eastern Masvingo including Chipinge, Birchnough, Nikita and Checheche. The Dziva(pool) totem christened the Save owing to the mighty Save river arguably the biggest stream in the interior of Zimbabwe with great pools, crocodiles, hippopotamus, fish and other innumerable ecological species. Animal totems are animals that represent specific qualities that we want to embody. The males have insatiable appetites for multiple women, they have lots of testosterone levels prompting them to want women and fighting always. These lion people are characterized by greedy, they crave for meat more than anything, they’re also aggressive, great hunters, fearless and fierce fighters even their women possess similar attributes. Lion of the Garwe/crocodile, Lion Murambwi meaning the rejected one, Lion of the Zebra etc all these totems were divided by lustful forefathers who wanted to evade incest and marry their siblings, but they’re all from one great ancestry father Nehoreka the mighty king who migrated from Tanganyika ie Tanzania. There are various types of the Lion ie (chidawu)or classification of lions for example Lion of Jichidza(a certain type of noisy and nocturnal bird found in Jichidza area near the Great Zimbabwe ruins), Lion of Chirumhanzu an area demarcating Midlands and Masvingo provinces(from this totem comes great politicians particularly the President of Zimbabwe His Excellence Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa). The zebra people are very proud of their totem. They are known as Duve, Dhuve, Dube or madhuve meaning women. The upper surface of their wings is black with a distinctive row of yellow spots. This butterfly has a wingspan of 2.5 to 4 inches. It is related to the previous butterfly, as you might expect. This totem represents very strong and competitive people owing to the mighty of the animal which is considered the king of all fauna. The zebra also has a popular group totemised after it. The black swallowtail is a butterfly species found from southern Canada to Mexico. The first and more popular totem is the LION (shumba, sibanda, abanda). ![]()
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