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  2. List of Jamaican Patois words of African origin - Wikipedia

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    Adópé (Dwarf in Ga language, but borrowed from Twi like many Ga customs. In Akan culture, ghosts take the form of dwarves[Mmotia] and apes[aboatia or adopeh] [note the -tia as a Twi suffix to denote a small stature, ghosts in Akan culture and Jamaica are seen as shape-shifters, they can be very big or very small.

  3. Caribbean folklore - Wikipedia

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    Nalo Hopkinson is a writer from Jamaica who weaves Caribbean folklore into her stories. 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 ...

  4. Little people (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Native American "Little People" from Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children by Mabel Powers, 1917. Little people have been part of the folklore of many cultures in human history, including Ireland, Greece, the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, Flores Island, Indonesia, and Native Americans.

  5. List of fictional settlements - Wikipedia

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    A fictional town located in the fictional Midwestern state of North Yankton, based on North Dakota. The town's name, which is named after the German military leader Erich Ludendorff, alludes to Bismarck, the state capital of North Dakota, named after the German military leader and statesman Otto Von Bismarck. Midgar Final Fantasy VII

  6. List of fictional towns in animation - Wikipedia

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    Duck Town is a large town which resembles a city, and a town where SwaySway and Buhdeuce deliver a lot of their bread to. Everybody living in Duck Town is a photorealistic duck. Duck Town is said to contain a bad area called the "Lower Yeast Side" (a spoof of New York City's Lower East Side.) Ducktown Sitting Ducks: Cartoon Network

  7. List of fictional towns in literature - Wikipedia

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    It is a rural town founded in Douglas County, Wisconsin as a logging settlement in 1887. It was renamed following the 1890 disappearance of founder and storyteller Jackson Sloth and his family, said to have fallen in a sinkhole that no-one can find twice. The town is rich with folktales and paranormal activity, especially around holidays.

  8. List of fictional countries in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The name is similar to Greek-born film director Costa-Gavras; Costaguana: from Joseph Conrad's Nostromo, said to be a hybrid of several real countries; Country of the Blind: from the short story with the same name by H. G. Wells; Diamantara: a republic in South America from the anime Michiko & Hatchin

  9. List of Indigenous names of Caribbean islands - Wikipedia

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    Map of the indigenous languages of the Caribbean in 1492. This list is a compilation of the indigenous names that were given by Amerindian people to the Caribbean islands before the Europeans started naming them. The islands of the Caribbean were successively settled since at least around 5000 BC, long before European arrival in 1492.