Coyote Deity (Yoruba)

deity · Nigeria · West Africa

Not independently attested. Coyotes are absent from Yorubaland, and no Yoruba deity or spirit of the coyote appears in documented tradition. The claimed names 'Ikunle' or 'Aje' are not attested Yoruba titles for a trickster; the Yoruba trickster is Eshu (Elegba), messenger of the gods. The entry's coyote deity appears invented.

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