Loulou

spirit · Seychelles · East Africa

Not independently attested as a Seychellois spirit. 'Loulou' is a French hypocorism and disambiguation term for people (Enver Hoxha, Louise de Vilmorin, Loulou de la Falaise), a 1980 film, a magazine, a children's book. The claim—deriving from Malagasy lolo (spirit) rationalised as le loup (wolf)—has no basis in Seychellois/Malagasy ethnography.

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