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Pages in category "Films based on African myths and legends" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Films based on African myths and legends (1 C, 4 P) American folklore films and television series (1 C, 26 P) Animated films based on folklore (6 C, 10 P)
Birbal, a real advisor to the Mughal emperor Akbar the Great, is often cast as a trickster in Indian folklore. Br'er Rabbit - A slave trickster of African American origin. [4] Coyotes in various Native American mythologies. Curupira - A Brazilian folklore (male) jungle genie that protects the animals and the trees of the forests. It has red ...
The following is a list of African films. It is arranged alphabetically by country of origin. Algeria. Angola Benin. Botswana. Year Title Director Genre Notes ...
Other Buganda folktales include the story of Walukaga the blacksmith, Mpobe the hunter, and Kasanke the little red bird. [10] [11] Folktales in Buganda are also about hares, leopards, rabbits and other animals that live in the wild and one of the famous folk stories is about wango and wakayima. Wango is a leopard while wakayima is a rabbit.
For ancient folklore and myths of Africa, see Category:African mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. ...
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 ...
Films about traditional African religions, a set of highly diverse beliefs that includes various ethnic religions. [1] Generally, these traditions are oral rather than scriptural and passed down from one generation to another through folk tales, songs and festivals, [2] [3] include belief in an amount of higher and lower gods, sometimes including a supreme creator or force, belief in spirits ...