THE CONCORDANCE

courtship

2 records across 2 traditions carry this current.

Africa & the Middle East · 1

KishiShapeshifter · AngolaIn Ambundu storytelling recorded in Ki-Mbundu, a kishi (plural makishi) is a man-eating being who courts, abducts, and feeds. Later popular retellings add a human face hiding a hyena’s jaws; Chatelain’s 1894 texts emphasise tangled hair, hunger, and dangerous intimacy.

The Americas · 1

El SombrerónNight visitor · GuatemalaA courtship and mischief figure of Guatemalan lore who serenades young women and tangles horses’ manes. Charm and threat sit close together in the tellings.