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The Aziza are a beneficent fairy race from Africa, specifically Dahomey. The Yumboes are supernatural beings in the mythology of the Wolof people (most likely Lebou) of Senegal, West Africa. Their alternatively used name Bakhna Rakhna literally means good people, an interesting parallel to the Scottish fairies called Good Neighbours.
African fairy tales (2 C, 25 P) African mythology (29 C, 64 P) E. ... Pages in category "African folklore" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
The Aziza (African) are a type of beneficent supernatural race in West African (specifically, Dahomey) mythology.Living in the forest, they provide good magic for hunters. . They are also known to have given practical and spiritual knowledge to people (including knowledge of the use of fi
West African mythology is the body of myths of the people of West Africa. It consists of tales of various deities, beings, legendary creatures , heroes and folktales from various ethnic groups. Some of these myths traveled across the Atlantic during the period of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to become part of Caribbean , African-American and ...
The only known source for legends on yumboes is Thomas Keightley's book The Fairy Mythology. Keightley received his account from a woman who had lived on Goree Island, off the coast of Senegal, when she was a child. She had heard about the yumboes from a Wolof maid. Keightley remarked on the yumboes’ resemblance to European fairies. [2]
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.
In Chief Bulane and his Heir, published by South African magistrate Frank Brownlee , titular Chief Bulane has a half-moon birthmark on his chest - a sign of his royal status. A son is born to him bearing a similar mark. [29] The tale The Child with the Moon on his Forehead was published in Fairy Tales Told by Nontsomi, by M. W. Waters (1927). [30]
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