Abraxas: The Gnostic Power Beyond Good and Evil Abraxas, also written as Abrasax, Abraxis, or Abracax, is one of the most mysterious and paradoxical figures in Gnostic, magical, and demonological tradition. He
Lilith : Screech Owl; Beautiful Maiden; Dark Maid; Flame of the Revolving Sword; Maid of Desolation; Night Demon; Hand of Inanna; The Night Witch; The Howler Lilith: First Woman, Night Demon and Queen of the Wilderness Few supernatural beings possess
Asis (Asista) Kipsigis, Nandi (Kenya) The Supreme God, personified by the Sun. Working through the Sun, Asis created all of Earth’s creatures from air, earth, and water. Asis first created the Sun,
Asamando Ashanti (Ghana) The land of the dead (see also underworld). A woman named Amokye welcomed the souls of dead women at the river that souls crossed to reach Asamando. In payment,
Aruan- Kyama (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire) – A mythical king of the Kyama people. Aruan was one of two sons born to King Ozolua on the same day by different wives. According to
Arebati (Arebate, Baatsi, Tore) – Efe, Mbuti (Democratic Republic of the Congo) – In Efe and Mbuti mythology, the Supreme God and Creator, god of the sky and associated with the moon.
Antar (Antara, Antarah) (ca. 525–615) – Bedouin (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara) A warrior and poet celebrated as a hero who rose from slave birth to the status of a tribal chief.
The common ant, a tiny insect that lives in underground colonies and gathers food, is credited in North African myths with teaching the first humans about the uses of plants and grains,
animals Animal tales in the African tradition amuse and entertain, provide explanations, and comment on human weaknesses and values. Animal trickster heroes are common. Chief among these are the tortoise (see Ijapa),
ancestors In many traditions throughout Africa, ancestors are not truly dead in the final sense of the word. Although unseen, they are forces in the lives of the living and can be
anansasem (anansesem) Akan (Ghana) Spider stories, named after the Ashanti trickster hero Anansi; a class of folktales told by the Akan-speaking people of Ghana. These are stories told for entertainment and are
amulets and talismans Threatened by hunger, natural elements, beasts of prey, and unknown forces, Africans—like many other people around the world—enlisted the aid of magic or supernatural powers to overcome forces that
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