According to the Bushman of southern Africa, constellations were formed when a young girl threw the ashes from her campfire into the sky, so that the stars would guide her father home after his hunting trip.

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Meet a few of the shape-shifting felines in African legends!

The wereleopard is really a leopard deity who presents as a human during the day, while the werelion may have been a royal ruler in its past life.

In Tanzania, the Nunda or Mngwa is also a werecat. This enormous creature, said to be more ferocious than a lion, stalks villages at night.

https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Mngwa

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