Luos, just like most of the remaining communities, have a number of myths that were spread in the near past. And though most were more of baseless and misleading, others have some truth in them.
Here are some of the myths that were used on Luos, especially kids;
1. Hippos don't climb onto covered graves
As children, we were repeatedly told that the best option to save yourself while being chased by a hippo was to stand on top of a grave. This myth is told to children and backed with another myth that hippos are too heavy to climb onto lifted places. However, if they can climb out of the lake to feast on people's crops around the lake, why not a grave?
2. People don't wash their hands with soap after eating chicken
This was another myth used on children, where they were not to wash their hands with soap after feasting on chicken. They were told that this would make their hands slippery, letting the luck slip away, and making it impossible for them to keep hens in the future. However, this too is just a mere myth which has nothing to do with the reality.
3. Litter must be kept beside the door at night
Another directive was that litter was not to be swept outside at night, which is among the few directives with some truth inside. The true side in it was that the litter was to be kept aside to be checked in the morning, in case some tiny details like needles, which would be needed in the future, was within the litter.
But on the other hand, the other claim was that if the litter included some food, then the neighbours' chicken would eat it the next morning, if yours delayed being let out, making the neighbour's hens fatter than yours.
And since hens did and still sleep inside the house in most Nyanza homesteads, the plan was to sweep the litter out at the same time you are letting the hens out so that they can eat it.