Mami Wata
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mami-wata-166-13963645
title:
Mami Wata
text:
Mami Wata, Mammy Water, or similar is a mermaid, water spirit, and/or goddess in the folklore of parts of Western Africa, Eastern Africa, and Southern Africa. Historically, scholars trace her origins to early encounters between Europeans and West Africans in the 15th century, where Mami Wata developed from depictions of European mermaids. Mami Wata subsequently joined native pantheons of deities and spirits in parts of Africa. Historically, Mami Wata is conceived of as an exotic female entity, o
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
African water spirit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mami_Wata
date created:
2005-08-15T12:10:00Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T00:50:39Z
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13
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