Katomba´s Myth

Katomba was son of the great god Zeus. He was the god of the seas. He always helped mortals to make their lives with the seas easier and rarely got angry with them, he was one of the kindest gods ever. He loved his job, as everyone in the Olympus did; everyone, except for his brother, Poseidon. Poseidon was the god of the wind, but for him, this job was very unexciting and difficult. He wanted to be the god of the seas since he was young, but Katomba already was.
He thought of many ways to steal the job from Katomba, but all his plans were useless. But one day he thought of a great game to fool his brother, this plan could never fail.

 One day Katomba was very cheerful and wanted to found a god to play with. And on top of a cloud, Poseidon his brother was also searching for someone to play with. In that moment he heard “Poseidon, Poseidon! Let's play a game”.
He went down and found Katomba that was waiting for him. In that moment Poseidon said "We will play the trunk game", that consisted on getting into a trunk that Poseidon made. The objective was to resist as much time as it could to win the game. But what Katomba and the other gods didn't know was that the Winner would change powers with the Looser. When it finished Poseidon won and Katomba loose, the eldest brother said “Now you are the wind god and I am ocean god!!!! Thank you for playing my beautiful game, brother".

 Katomba was furious. He was fooled by his own brother, but soon he had an idea: his father could return him to his beautiful, sunny coasts. He thought it was going to be very easy to convince him, but it wasn´t. Apparently, his oldest brother, Poseidon, was better than him making waves and pushing boats, and that was what make Zeus don´t allow Katomba return to his old job. But finally he makes a decision he make his son the God of a powder that was spread in the center of the Pangea. This giant piece of land, as many people know nowadays, started to divide throughout the years and this light-brown powder was spread in some of the coast of what now are continents. Letting Katomba be near his brother, the seas, with the shape of “Sand”.

By: Nazarena Ballesteros, Martín Errarte & Agustina Rivarola.