September 9, 2010

African lycanthropy myths : Were-jackals of the Congo

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SOURCE : The Werewolf Page Myths – Were-Jackals of the Congo

In the 1930′s perched hidden in a tree an English physician witnessed a very special ceremony. It started with the beating of drums, then the nyanga (witch doctor), covered in the skin of a jackal, jumped into the center of the crowd and began to chant. The chanting grew louder, and the energy of the crowd grew as well. In the middle of the circle, the nyanga prepared a potion, and, as the silence came to a halt, he drank the potion, and unleashed the cry of a jackal.

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