Deer Guardian (Mixtec)

guardian · Ghana · West Africa

Not independently attested in Ghanaian tradition. 'Mixtec' refers to a Mesoamerican people of Oaxaca, Mexico; the record's description details a Chilean pudu deer guardian of Nothofagus forests with volcanoes and lapis lazuli — entirely South American. No deer guardian exists in Ghanaian Akan, Ewe, or Ga folklore.

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