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Yehwe Zogbanu

The Yehwe Zogbanu is a giant from the folklore of the Fon people. While Yehwe Zogbanu is an individual giant, it’s a part of a species of giants called Yehwe. Several of these giants were encountered by Ayigbili. They have thirty horns on their heads and bodies and live in the forest. They are territorial and hunt down humans that enter their terrirtory. The house of Yehwe Zogbanu specifically has a wall that opens only for people who have not eaten intestines.

Citations:

Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.

Herskovits, Frances Shapiro, and Herskovits, Melville Jean. Dahomean Narrative: A Cross-cultural Analysis. United States, Northwestern University Press, 1998.

Rose, Carol. Giants Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia Of Folklore Legend And Myth. United Kingdom, WW Norton, 2001.

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