Kishi (folklore)

A kishi (plural: makishi) is a man-eating, many-headed creature with long, tangled hair that falls over its face, recorded in the folklore of the Ambundu people in Angola.[1][2][3] According to one legend, there was a kishi chief who had the ability to regrow his head as soon as it is cut off.[4] Makishi appear in the legend of Sudika-mbambi, where they destroyed Kimanaueze's village and killed the people there.[5][6]

The word kishi, nkishi, or mukisi means "spirit" in several Bantu languages spoken in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, northern Angola, and parts of western Zambia.[7]

References

  1. ^ Chatelain, Héli (1894). Folk-tales of Angola: Fifty Tales, with Ki-mbundu Text, Literal English Translation, Introduction, and Notes. Boston and New York: American Folk-Lore Society. p. 97. ISBN 0524007098. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. ^ Chatelain, Héli (1894). Folk-tales of Angola: Fifty Tales, with Ki-mbundu Text, Literal English Translation, Introduction, and Notes. Boston and New York: American Folk-Lore Society. p. 269. ISBN 0524007098. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. ^ "Sudika-Mbambi Descends to Earth". Oxford Reference.
  4. ^ Chatelain, Héli (1894). Folk-tales of Angola: Fifty Tales, with Ki-mbundu Text, Literal English Translation, Introduction, and Notes. Boston and New York: American Folk-Lore Society. p. 113. ISBN 0524007098. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  5. ^ "Sudika-Mbambi Descends to Earth". Oxford Reference.
  6. ^ Werner, Alice (1933). Myths And Legends Of The Bantu. Library of Alexandria. p. 120. ISBN 1465517049. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  7. ^ Knappert, Jan (1977). Bantu Myths and Other Tales. Brill Archive. ISBN 978-90-04-05423-3.
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