Baylor College Medical School
3b.From Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali by D.T. Niane
3b.How do the soothsayers' predictions affect the king's view of Mari Djata?
3b.How do the soothsayers' predictions affect the king's view of Mari Djata?
THe Soothsayer tells the King a great ruler will be born through the marriage of an ugly woman. The King, although not attracted to her, does treat her as the mother of the next king.