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The South African impundulu, with its hamerkop appearance, acts as a familiar to a witch, doing her bidding forever #FaustianFriday
Eshu, the Yoruba trickster god, is thought to have tricked Ifa out of the secrets of divination #FairyTaleTuesday
The Lusca is a sea monster, in the Bahamas, thought to be half-shark and half-octopus. It has been suggested by cryptozoologists that the Lusca is much larger than the known giant octopuses of the genus Enteroctopus #MythologyMonday
Lagahoo is a shape-shifting wolf, who sold his soul to kill without being caught. At night, he drags a coffin of the souls he slaughtered #FairyTaleTuesday
Beloved (1987) is a novel by Toni Morrison set after the American Civil War, that tells the story of a family of former slaves whose Cincinnati home is haunted by a malevolent spirit. "Like a classic Gothic protagonist, Sethe is haunted by a past wrongdoing." #faustianfriday
Mami Wata, the West African goddess of water, is called upon to bring bountiful harvests. She visits cocoa plantations in Ghana, and adds a unique flavour to the harvest beans, resulting in Watacao - dark chocolate with a high cocoa content and intense flavour #mythologymonday
The Ninka Nanka is a dragon located in the swamps of the River Gambia. It is said that when children get too confident and feel they can disobey their parents and go into the swamp they will be taken by the Ninki Nanka #SwampSunday
In South Africa, the Impundulu aka “lightning bird”, is a winged creature that can masquerade as a human. The Impundulu is believed to do the bidding of witches (causing illness and bad luck), and so is considered a witch’s familiar
#MythologyMonday
The Eloko is a cannibalistic dwarf from Zaire. They eat human flesh and possess little bells, which cast a spell on passersby that can only be repelled by wearing an amulet or fetish.
#FairytaleTuesday #halfwaytohalloween
According to legend, Jaquotte Delahaye was a Haitian pirate in the Caribbean seas (1600s). She faked her death and lived as a man for many years. Upon her return, she became known as "Back From the Dead Red" due to her striking red hair 🇭🇹 #MythologyMonday #HaitianHeritageMonth