The Oriire Codex

Anansi

Trickster Deity
Akan (Ghana, also widespread across the Caribbean via diaspora)

The Tokoloshe

Spirit / Cryptid
Zulu & Xhosa (South Africa)

The Impundulu

Mythical Bird / Spirit / Creature
Southern Africa (Xhosa, Zulu, Pondo traditions)

The Adze

Spirit / Vampire
Ewe (Ghana, Togo, Benin)

The Chaneques

Nature Spirit
Veracruz, Mexico (Mesoamerican with Afro-diaspora links)

The Mokele-Mbembe

Cryptid
Congo Basin (Central Africa)

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