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Pages in category "South African legendary creatures" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This is a list of African spirits as well as deities found within the traditional African religions. It also covers spirits as well as deities found within the African religions—which is mostly derived from traditional African religions. Additionally, prominent mythic figures including heroes and legendary creatures may also be included in ...
South African legendary creatures (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Southern African legendary creatures" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
South African legendary creatures (2 C, 5 P) Z. Zulu mythology (2 C, 10 P) Pages in category "South African mythology" The following 4 pages are in this ...
South African Folklore originates from an oral, historical tradition. [1] It is rooted in the region's landscape [2] with animals [3] – and the animal kingdom – playing a dominant role. [4] Some of the subjects covered include: plant life taking on a human form, women being married to gods, messages being delivered by thunder.
In Where Men Still Dream, the South African journalist and author Lawrence G. Green speculates that the legend of the Grootslang originated from sightings of native pythons, which can reach twenty-five feet in length. Additional details of the myth, such as its size in excess of real pythons and diamonds in the creature's eye sockets, are ...
One of the first animals created by ǀKaggen, and his favourite, was the eland. [12] ǀKaggen's wife ǀHúnntuǃattǃatte̥n gave birth to the eland, and ǀKaggen hid it near a secluded cliff to let it grow. [12] One day his sons, Cogaz and Gewi, were out hunting. [12] Not knowing their father's love for the eland, they killed it. [13]
Mamlambo is a deity in South African and Zulu mythology, the "goddess of rivers", [1] described as a large snake-like creature. [2]In 1997, South African newspapers (including Johannesburg's The Star and Cape Town's Cape Argus) reported on sightings of a "giant reptile" monster in the Mzintlava River near Mount Ayliff in South Africa.