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Obia
A gigantic animal -from west African folklore- that trespasses into villages and kidnaps girls on the behalf of [[Category:West African folklore]]

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Gbahali
*The West African Dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspas) *The African Sharp Nosed crocodile also known as the African gavial (Crocodylus cataphractus)

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Gang Gang Sara
The legend of '''Gang Gang Sara''', the African witch of Golden Lane, has its origins in the latter half of the 18th centur ...is still visible at the entrance of Culloden and was originally planted by African slaves.

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Werehyena
[[Image:hyena.jpg|thumb|African hyena]] ...f assuming the shape of hyenas. They are present in the stories of several African and Eurasian cultures.

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Lukwata
[[Category: African mythology]]

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Mahanba
[[Category: African mythology]]

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Ayida-Weddo
...akes in corporeal form. Anthropologists consider her the equivalent of the African Mawu. She played an important part in the creation of the world.

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Rompo
[[Category:African mythology]]

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Obambo
[[Category:African mythology]]

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Eloko
...her bones. (Excerpt from Jan Knappert An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend. African Mythology ) [[Category: African mythology]]

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Ufiti
[[Category: African mythology]]

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Leopard man
The '''Leopard men''' (or were-leopards) belonged to a West African secret society that was active in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. *The Leopard Society also appeared in the book ''African Adventure''.

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Teikolosha
Anyone who attempts to fight the Teikolosha will be banished to the African underworld and it is thought that their children will age rapidly and crumb

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Biembien
...It is said that these beings are located in the mountains of Bahoruco. An African slave and some Indians ran from their Spanish enslavers. They transformed i

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Agogwe
...er, sat up, took the noose off its feet, and walked away before the nearby African could do anything".[http://home.clara.net/rfthomas/papers/living11.html Cre ...ralopithecine-like niche. [http://www.geocities.com/capedrevenger/ape.html African Ape Complex]

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Ninki Nanka
[[Category: African mythology]]

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Abatwa
In real life, the Abatwa are an aboriginal African people also known as Twa, Bushmen or Bosjesmans, whom are thought to be the

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Aegipane
The African satyrs were probably derived from travelers accounts of monkeys, gorillas a

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Curupira
The Curupira blends many features of West-African and European [[fairies]].

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Hoodoo
...ltures and migrated to the United States during the slave trade. The major African cultural contribution to hoodoo in the United States came from people of th Most practitioners of hoodoo are African American, but Caucasians and Native Americans also use hoodoo, and it share

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