West African Mythology

• A

  Anansi and death →
• Anansi and the moss-covered rock →
• Anansi and the sky god's stories →
• Anansi and the turtle →
• Anansi and the wisdom pot →
• Anansi's sons →

• C

  The child promised to the river →

• E

  Eshu the crossroads trickster →

• H

  The hunter and the forest spirit →

• L

  Legba at the gate →
• The leopard king →

• M

  Mami Wata and the mirror →
• Mami Wata and wealth →
• Mami Wata blessing and danger →

• O

  Obatala creates humans →
• Oduduwa and the founding of Ile-Ife →
• Ogun and iron →
• Orunmila and divination →
• Oya and the winds →

• S

  Shango and thunder →

• T

  The talking drum origin →
• Tortoise and the birds →
• Tortoise and the feast in the sky →

• W

  Why the tortoise has a cracked shell →

• Y

  Yemoja mother of waters →

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