# African Mythology

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Category: Mythology
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:47.942Z
Tags: mythology, african

## Summary

There is no "African mythology" in the singular — Africa contains roughly two thousand language groups, and a comparable count of distinct mythic traditions. What follows samples a few of the largest and the most generative. Key sections include: African Myth ologies.; Opening Before the singular.; Chapter I The Yoruba and the orishas.; Chapter II Ifa — the divination corpus.; Chapter III Anansi the spider.; Chapter IV The Akan cosmos.; Chapter V Zulu cosmogony and uNkulunkulu.; Chapter VI The Egyptian gods.; Chapter VII The Osiris cycle.; Chapter VIII The book of the dead..

## Slide Outline

1. African Myth ologies.
2. Opening Before the singular.
3. Chapter I The Yoruba and the orishas.
4. Chapter II Ifa — the divination corpus.
5. Chapter III Anansi the spider.
6. Chapter IV The Akan cosmos.
7. Chapter V Zulu cosmogony and uNkulunkulu.
8. Chapter VI The Egyptian gods.
9. Chapter VII The Osiris cycle.
10. Chapter VIII The book of the dead.
11. Chapter IX The Dogon and Sirius.
12. Chapter X Vodun in Dahomey.
13. Chapter XI Haitian Vodou.
14. Chapter XII Santería — Lucumí — Regla de Ocha.
15. Chapter XIII Brazilian Candomblé and Umbanda.
16. Chapter XIV Hoodoo and the rootworker.
17. Chapter XV Bantu cosmology — Kongo and beyond.
18. Chapter XVI The San and rock art.
19. Chapter XVII Sundiata and the Mande epic.
20. Chapter XVIII Ethiopia — Solomon, Sheba, the Ark.
21. Chapter XIX The mask and the spirit.
22. Chapter XX The ancestor.
23. Chapter XXI Witchcraft as social theory.
24. Chapter XXII Christianity, Islam, and what survived.
25. Chapter XXIII The reading list.
26. Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
27. Chapter XXV If you want to study these.
28. Chapter XXVI What the African mythologies teach.
29. Chapter XXVII The traditions today.
30. The end of the deck.

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