Khoikhoi
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Hai-Uri
The Hai-Uri are mythical creatures from the Khoikhoi people of Southwest Africa. Half of their bodies are visible in our world, while the other half is only visible in the spirit world. This causes them to appear as people split in half vertically. It’s believed they can run as fast as a gazelle and leap over large bushes and trees. They hunt down people and club them with their fists or jump on them until they die. They’re thought to consume the flesh, bones, and blood of their victims. Citations: Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The Dark World of Supernatural Beings That Haunt Us, Hunt Us, and Hunger for Us. United…
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Ga-Gorib
The Ga-Gorib is from the Khoikhoi people. It was a murderous creature that sat on the edge of a pit with a rock on its forehead. When people would pass, it would challenge them to throw the rock at its forehead. If they accepted, the rock would ricochet and kill the thrower. It was killed by Heitsi-Eibib. He refused to throw the stone at its forehead, then snuck around the Ga-Gorib and threw the rock at its head behind its ears which pushed him into the pit. Another version of the story told of the hero chasing it around the pit until it slipped and fell in. In yet another…
