Angano

ogre · Madagascar · East Africa

Not independently attested in folklore literature. In Malagasy, 'angano' means 'tale' or 'story' and is the word for the folk narratives themselves, not a creature; no source records a man-eating ogre named Angano. Giants and ogres do appear in Malagasy oral tales, but no attested name corresponds to this entry.

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