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Tabwa mythology portrays the spotted hyena as a solar animal that first brought the sun to warm the cold earth
Hyena
In East Africa, Tabwa mythology portrays the spotted hyena as a solar animal that first brought the sun to warm the cold earth, while West African folklore generally shows the hyena as symbolising immorality, dirty habits, the reversal of normal activities, and other negative traits.
what is the name of cheetah in english UNANSWERABLE what are the characteristics of this animal? It is a lightly built, spotted cat characterized by a small rounded head, a short snout, black tear-like facial streaks, a deep chest, long thin legs and a long tail how many subspecies of this animal is there? Five can you name few of them? "A. j. hecki", "A. j. soemmeringii" and "A. j. venaticus" are the king are different from the normal one? Yes, natives believe it to be a cross between a leopard and a hyena what is the second animal? They are feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Hyaenidae where does this animal originated from? In the jungles of Miocene Eurasia what can you tell me about its behavior? They groom themselves often like felids and viverrids, and their way of licking their genitals is very cat-like
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Hyena [SEP] Folklore, mythology and literature
Spotted hyenas vary in their folkloric and mythological depictions, depending on the ethnic group from which the tales originate. It is often difficult to know whether spotted hyenas are the specific hyena species featured in such stories, particularly in West Africa, as both spotted and striped hyenas are often given the same names. In western African tales, spotted hyenas are sometimes depicted as bad Muslims who challenge the local animism that exists among the Beng in Côte d'Ivoire. In East Africa, Tabwa mythology portrays the spotted hyena as a solar animal that first brought the sun to warm the cold earth, while West African folklore generally shows the hyena as symbolising immorality, dirty habits, the reversal of normal activities, and other negative traits.