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coming closer, for the Eloko has a good nose for feminine flesh. Finally, a gentle voice asked to be let in to his room. It was like the voice of a child. The woman opened the door and there was an Eloko, smelling like the forest, looking small and innocent. She offered him banana mash with fried fish but he refused: "We eat only human meat. I have not eaten for a long time. Give me a piece of your arm." At last the woman consented, totally under the spell of the Eloko. That night, the husband found her bones.
46:, jealously and ferociously guarding their treasures: the game and the rare fruits of the forest. Legend has it that they haunt the forest because they have some grudge to settle with the living and are generally quite vicious. The Biloko live in hollow trees and are dressed only in leaves. They have no hair; only grass grows on their bodies; they have piercing eyes, snouts with mouths that can be opened wide enough to admit a human body, alive or dead, and long, sharp claws. They possess little bells, which, in 2721: 750: 2731: 86:
One day a hunter took his wife, at her insistence, into the forest, where he had a hut with a palisade around it. When he went out to inspect his traps, he told her: "When you hear a bell, do not move. If you do, you will die!" Soon after he had left, she heard the charming sound of a little bell
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Only the most fearless hunters are believed to enter the depths of the forest and live to tell the tale. Hunters are said to have strong magic that allows them to endure. There are many tales about wives who insist upon joining their husbands in the forest only to faint as soon as they see their
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by Veronica G. Henry, one of the minor characters is an eloko who is named Eloko. He is described as the last of his kind from Zaire and is always hungering for human flesh even though he has been forbidden from eating it.
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Biloko live in the densest and darkest part of the rain forest in central
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African Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend
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1534:Nuckelavee 1509:Nain Rouge 1433:Leprechaun 1328:Hinzelmann 1233:Fear gorta 1228:Fear dearg 1200:Svartálfar 1160:Each-uisge 1125:Colt pixie 1115:Clurichaun 1105:Ceffyl Dŵr 1005:Bean nighe 928:Fairy ring 923:Fairy path 913:Fairy fort 855:Fairy tale 840:Fairy-lock 825:Changeling 698:Ring shout 606:Koolakamba 555:Kimanaueze 346:Zimbabwean 134:References 82:, says: 2664:Elemental 2354:Black dog 2073:Korpokkur 2026:Huli jing 1970:Pukwudgie 1950:Nimerigar 1910:Encantado 1854:Tikoloshe 1834:Mami Wata 1814:Bultungin 1804:Asanbosam 1745:Worldwide 1706:Wirry-cow 1564:Púca/Pwca 1499:Morvarc'h 1388:Kilmoulis 1343:Hobgoblin 1283:Grindylow 1258:Gancanagh 1238:Fenodyree 1190:Huldufólk 1130:Cyhyraeth 1085:Bugul Noz 918:Fairyland 462:Mami Wata 304:Religions 184:Bacchanal 116:Dark Star 98:Bacchanal 78:linguist 66:Mythology 2725:Category 2715:See also 2694:Wild man 2595:Alberich 2465:Farfadet 2455:Dionysus 2445:Cercopes 2435:Basajaun 2428:Southern 2339:Aitvaras 2332:Northern 2318:Vodyanoy 2313:Vântoase 2303:Vadleany 2298:Ursitory 2293:Spiriduș 2288:Sânziană 2248:Kikimora 2243:Karzełek 2195:Wandjina 2160:Menehune 2124:Yakshini 2078:Mazzikin 2068:Kijimuna 2006:Dokkaebi 1960:Nûñnë'hï 1905:Curupira 1895:Chaneque 1890:Canotila 1868:Americas 1761:Succubus 1752:Bogeyman 1641:Spriggan 1621:Seonaidh 1479:Melusine 1413:Korrigan 1303:Habetrot 1293:Gwyllion 1273:Glashtyn 1268:Glaistig 1248:Finvarra 1150:Dullahan 1120:Coblynau 1110:Clíodhna 1095:Cat sìth 1090:Caoineag 1000:Barghest 867:Familiar 755:Category 693:Mojo bag 641:Religion 491:Concepts 436:Nzambici 297:Religion 2689:Sandman 2617:Perchta 2612:Lorelei 2573:Western 2554:Thiasus 2539:Silenus 2490:Kobalos 2440:Centaur 2369:Haltija 2364:Gremlin 2283:Rusalka 2278:Psotnik 2273:Polevik 2268:Ovinnik 2233:Domovoy 2228:Căpcăun 2216:Eastern 2185:Taniwha 2143:Oceania 2041:Kitsune 1965:Pombero 1930:Ishigaq 1885:Caipora 1859:Yumboes 1839:Obayifo 1776:Mermaid 1771:Merfolk 1757:Incubus 1599:Skogsrå 1589:Radande 1579:Bergsrå 1398:Knucker 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Index

Mongo-Nkundo
dwarf
Zaïre
Central Africa
spell
amulet
fetish
Bantu
Jan Knappert
Bethany C. Morrow
Marlon James
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Moon Witch, Spider King




African Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend
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Bantu peoples
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