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South Africa

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 South Africa documented in this atlas: Tokoloshe. 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.

Tokoloshe A
A small male being, hairy, shorter than a man. He is not a dead person and he is not a god: he is a familiar, that is a creature that somebody sends. Behind the tokoloshe there is always an umthakathi, one who practises…

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