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Jackson Creek Middle School African Mythology |
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Jackson Creek Middle School African Mythology |
This site offers a list of African Gods as well as creation and flood myths.
Encyclopedia Mythica: African Mythology
A-Z list of African gods and various mythological terminology.
Links to creation tales originating in Africa.
Includes myths from the Yoruba and Fon tribes.
Myths of Ife by John Wyndham (1921)
This book was originally published in 1921 and contains myths from the Yoruba people of Nigeria.
Discusses the beliefs and customs of these Nigerian people.
Discusses why the nomadic Yoruba people of western Nigeria have many variations of the same gods and deities.
Cutting to the Essence: Yoruba Myth and History
Discusses the history of the Yoruba and the gods and people of the area.
An origin story from the Wapangwa of Tanzania.
Kabyl Creation and Origin Myths
These stories come from Northern Africa among the Berbers.
Last Updated: 11/30/07
Kristina McGlaun, Librarian
Jackson Creek Middle School
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