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Ethiopia

One entry in one subarea: 1 at grade A. The points fall where the entry was collected, not where the story is set. Hover a point to see the subarea, click it to open the entry.

The entries, in brief

The folklore of Ethiopia documented in this atlas: Buda. Every entry is placed on the map at the point where it was collected or attested — not where the story is set — and carries its declared grade of documentation (1 at grade A), with the sources it comes from.

Buda A
Whoever is buda has the evil eye and can turn into a hyena. In the description collected among the Amhara he rolls in the ashes of the hearth, goes out in the form of a hyena, fixes his gaze on the victim and returns as a man to…

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