Mythical Creatures and Monsters of Africa

Mythical Creatures and Monsters of African folklore.
A glimpse into the diverse and captivating myths of the African continent.

The creatures and monsters encountered in this video:

Tikoloshe - Zulu and Xhosa folklore
Dingonek - East African folklore (near Lake Victoria)
Mokèlé-Mbèmbé - Pygmy tribes mythology (Congo Basin, Africa)
Popobawa - Swahili folklore (East Africa, Zanzibar, Tanzania)
Mami Wata - Folklore of Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon
Gbahali - Mandinka mythology (West Africa, Liberia, Gambia)
Impundulu (Lightning Bird) - Zulu mythology (South Africa)
Ammit - Ancient Egyptian mythology
Grootslang - San and Khoi-Khoi folklore (South Africa)
Yumboes (Yoruba fairies) - Yoruba folklore (Nigeria and West Africa)
Inkanyamba - Zulu and Xhosa folklore (South Africa)
Kalanoro - Madagascar folklore
Kongamato - Folklore of Zambia and Congo
Ninki Nanka - West African folklore (Gambia and Senegal)
Jengu - Sawa folklore (Cameroon)
Anansi - Ashanti folklore (Ghana and other Akan-speaking groups)
Kishi - Angola folklore
Bouda - Folklore of Morocco and North Africa
Mngwa - Swahili folklore (East Africa)
Adze - Ewe mythology (Ghana and Togo)
Asanbosam - Akan mythology (Ghana)
Abada (Emela-ntouka) - Pygmy tribes mythology (Congo Basin, Africa)
Aigamuxa - Khoikhoi folklore (South Africa)
Ga-Gorib - San folklore (Southern Africa)
Kianda - Luhya folklore (Kenya)

If you are interested in creatures and monsters from mythology and folklore, check these lists:

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[MythosTheHistorian]

What's your favorite creature from African Folklore and why?

[tsnophaljakarax]

You know what would be cool? An open-world game based on African mythology. Not just with the monsters, but the amazing wildlife as well.

[goodorusty]

It seems like every culture in the world share similar folkloric creatures. The ones that seem almost universal are water spirits, mischievious imp/goblin-like creatures, terrifying vampiric creatures, boogeyman-like creatures, and some kind of serpentine/dragon-like creature.
This was an interesting video.

[Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe]

Epic video. I loved it. Thank you. One powerful being that was left out is the Nyami-Nyami from the Zambezi River and Lake Kariba between my country of Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 and Zambia 🇿🇲 ( where I live as a wildlife conservationist ). He is a River God in the form of a Serpent who protects the land and people in times of hardship and trouble. During the '50s, when the Kariba dam wall was being built, huge stroms and floods pounded the construction with some lives being lost in the process. The Tonga people of whom he helps say it was his wrath against the disrespect of the river and Kariba Gorge. Since then, sightings of a serpetine being have been seen ( similar to the Loch Ness Monster ). What makes it more fascinating is the fact my father, who is a game ranger, saw a set of three humps speeding rapidly away from one of the islands. Being a wildlife expert, he said it couldn't have been elephants playing in the water nor a pid of hippos. He also said it was too large to be a python or sanke of any known kind.

[kitsunekimchi]

Ahhh, there's that African Folklore vid I've been waiting for. Thanks, mate.
You did my country's legends proud <3

[theecmedian]

Monster Hunter needs to take more inspiration from all these cultures, some of these are bone chillingly amazing

[SagnikBiswas-eciy]

African mythology is perhaps the most mysterious, intriguing and interesting.

[lovely]

Thank you for tapping into african culture. 😊

[bonganimkhatshwa-kszp]

Did you know the description of a nkanyamba is exactly the same as that of kukulkan the feather serpent god of the maya. It’s said the serpent uses it’s feathers to hypnotise it’s victims by producing a whistling sound

[Vejur]

People can laugh all they want…

but Africa is also the greatest, most amazing continent on earth.

The cradle of civilization. I wouldn’t be surprised at how many cryptids turn out to be true in this primordial piece of earth.

[-RONNIE]

Thank you for sharing the mythology with us

[pumirya]

Another interesting and entertaining video. Thanks and keep up the good work.

[ladykoiwolfe]

I was absolutely thrilled with how many of these I don't know. I love learning about new creatures and beings from folklore and mythology. And the Abada was absolutely Metall! It's probably one of my favorite unicorns already. I need to go learn more about it.

[naeptae]

it is interesting how the majority of spirit water mentioned are mermaid like creatures, a very few considered to be part of the good guys. It's so rich the mythology, hope one day you can make a videos with whole tales of these guys :D

[BabluKhan-bton]

Amazing bro, thanks for this knowledge

[WolfMaiden]

Impundulu makes me think of Thunderbirds from Native American Folklore .

[dragowolfraven]

Nice. I have seen some of these in my D&D/Pathfinder books.They need to be in video games and movies.

[eSh..]

Holy hell. I want to hear THESE stories. But not told by Hollywood writers.

[chancelorsantos]

As RotS got the likes of
0:20 Tokoloshe
1:54 Popobawa
9:08 Kishi
9:41 Werehyena
10:38 Adze

I appreciate u for the new names I could add to the lore 🍪

[ghostofaforgottenweedle]

Seeing that a creature like Mami Wata exists, I wonder why this wasn't used for a good movie script. No, we re-color Arielle, an existing northern creature that's white.

Africa has such a rich mythology, that should be material for a bunch of movies, games, stories and what not.