The Myth of the Fon Creation Story: Nana Buluku, Mawu and Lisa
A sprawling, intimate saga of the androgynous creator and their children who etched land, order, and law into the world.
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The Tale of the Abiku
A Yoruba Legend of Spirit Children, Life, Death, and Rebirth
The Story of Eshu, the Trickster Orisha
At the crossroads, chaos becomes a teacher and every jest reveals a wind of life’s truth.
The Tale of the Wagadu
An epic of the four-times-rebuilt Wagadu, a chronicle of glory, vanity, debt, and sorrow told by the Soninke of Mauritania.
The Story of Bayajidda: Founding of the Hausa Kingdoms
How a foreign hero felled a serpent, won a queen, and became the seed of a dynasty that shaped Hausa identity
The Legend of the Kishi
An Angolan folktale of the two-faced Kishi — a handsome lure and a hyena's hunger beneath the mask
The Story of the Soucouyant
A chilling Caribbean legend of an old woman who becomes a fiery, night-hunting spirit.
The Legend of the Pombero — A Guaraní Night Spirit
An Argentine Guaraní tale of the Pombero, a mischievous night spirit who rewards kindness and punishes neglect.
The Myth of the Pillan
How the volcanic spirits of the Mapuche shaped land, memory, and the tremor of the earth
The Story of the Trauco
A Chilote myth about ugliness that humbles desire and reveals a truth about power, gaze, and restraint
The Legend of the Mapinguari: Guardian of the Amazon
A modern retelling of the one-eyed giant who watches over the rainforest.
The Tale of the Curupira
A forest guardian with backward feet who keeps hunters at bay and animals safe
The Myth of Bochica
The story of the Muisca civilizing hero who brought laws, agriculture, and morality to the people of the Andes.
The Story of the El Silbón (The Whistler)
A chilling Venezuelan legend of a cursed son who drags his father's bones across the Llanos.
The Myth of the Chupacabra
A modern legend from Puerto Rico that stalks fences, farms, and the quiet places between fear and belief
The Legend of the Corn Mother
A spirit sacrifices herself to feed her people with the corn that sustains their winters.
The Tale of the Raven, the Trickster Creator
A clever raven steals the sun, moon, and stars to cast light across a world wrapped in darkness.
The Story of the White Buffalo Calf Woman
A sacred Lakota myth of the peace pipe, ceremonies, and the balance that binds a people to the land
The Myth of the Thunderbird
A powerful sky-spirit in the form of a bird, the Thunderbird makes thunder with wingbeats and flashes lightning from its eyes, teaching courage, wisdom, and respect for the land.
The Legend of the Nisse or Tomte: The Farm Guardian of Norway
A small gnome-like guardian who tends the fields, stables, and hearts of a Norwegian homestead, but whose temper may turn the harvest to hardship if he is not honored.
The Story of the Green Man
Tracing the foliate face from English church stonework to living myth — a journey through rebirth, craft and the green spirit of nature
The Myth of the Nuckelavee
An Orcadian nightmare of a skinless horse-and-rider whose breath withers fields and spreads plague across the islands.
The Legend of the Brownie
Discover the helpful, shy Brownie of Scottish lore who tends hearth and home in exchange for a bowl of cream
The Myth of the Fomorians
Clash with the monstrous sea-giants of Irish myth who battled the first gods for Ireland's fate.
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