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These expressions can be in the form of dances, food, festivals, proverbs, stories, legends, music, festivals and costumes. Guyanese myths have their foundations in cultural influences from Amerindian, European, African and Indian backgrounds. Some of these beliefs are similar to the Caribbean diaspora while some are uniquely Guyanese.
Her works usually include Afro-Caribbean myths, traditions, and language. Characters in her novels, such as Brown Girl in the Ring (1998) and Midnight Robber (2000), engage with spirits from Caribbean folklore. She uses motifs, rituals, and belief systems in her plots. [21]
The Tupi-Guarani mythology is the set of narratives about the gods and spirits of the different Tupi-Guarani peoples, ancient and current.Together with the cosmogonies, anthropogonies and rituals, they form part of the religion of these peoples.
Specimens of Bushman Folklore is a book by the linguist Wilhelm H. I. Bleek and Lucy C. Lloyd, which was published in 1911.The book records eighty-seven legends, myths and other traditional stories of the ǀXam Bushmen in their now-extinct language.
On the season finale of "River Monsters," Jeremy Wade traveled to Guyana to investigate the so-called "water mama." According to locals, the mysterious creature was abducting people.
Belief in soucouyants is still preserved to an extent in Guyana, Suriname and some Caribbean islands, including Saint Lucia, Dominica, Haïti and Trinidad. [9] Many Caribbean islands have plays about the soucouyant and many other folklore characters. Some of these include Trinidad, Grenada and Barbados. [citation needed]
Baccoo might be related to Abiku, an entity in the Yoruba culture.The Abiku is a spirit of a baby that dies before being named. In honour of these deceased small wooden statues are made and kept inside. [4]
List of creation myths; List of legendary creatures by type; List of mythology books and sources; List of mythological objects; List of culture heroes; List of world folk-epics; Lists of deities; Lists of legendary creatures; National myth; Mythopoeia