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Explore myths, traditions and legendary beings grouped under Africa.
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Wuni
Wuni is a figure associated with African mythology, especially in traditions from parts of the Sudan and the wider Nilotic cultural sphere, where details may vary by language group and by source. Because the name is not …
Yasigi
Yasigi is a figure from Dogon tradition in West Africa, especially associated with communities in present-day Mali. In published accounts, Yasigi is most often described as a masked or ritual presence connected with perf…
Yeban
Yeban is a name that appears in references to African traditional religion and folklore, but its precise identity is not fixed in widely available published sources. In many cases, names of spirits, beings, or ancestral …
Yurugu
Yurugu is a major figure in the religious and cosmological traditions of the Dogon people of Mali. In Dogon thought, he is not a conventional god, hero, or demon in the sense familiar from many other mythologies, but a d…