Elk Ancestor-Spirit (Ashanti)

ancestor-spirit · Mali · West Africa

Not independently attested: elk are native to North America and Asia, not West Africa, and no elk ancestor-spirit appears in Ashanti or Malian tradition. The entry appears to confuse Akan ancestral veneration with North American animal totemism. Closest real analogue: the Ashanti abosom, tutelary nature spirits honored in lineage rites.

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