The Tokoloshe Africa

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Tokoloshe in Zimbabwe is big, hairy, with long claws and a ridge reaches all the way to the top of the skull. It also has bright red eyes, emitting a bad odor and speaks with a hoarse voice. The fear of them is that many people can not sleep on the floor, and beds will increase by more than bricks in the legs. This allows them to see a place to hide under the bed before retiring for the night. There are good reasons to fear Tokoloshe- It is said that sleeping with your head and a bite of a sleeping man to his feet and as Tokoloshe hurt a woman ... vile creatures indeed! Some people do not even mention the name of Tokoloshe afraid to call the guests very uncomfortable. A person can call to cause harm to another, and when this happens, then a Nyanga - Wizard - able to intervene and prosecute the bad spirits. Even if only the victim and the offender with himYou can see an Tokoloshe must be clearly visible to children and develop the friendship between the two. In general, do no harm to children - is perhaps the African version of a mate is usually invisible, many children in the world?

This is a story of Zimbabwe, folklore, a beautiful girl, says swimming in a river in the province of Manica, in the highlands of Middle use every day. Tokoloshe A life in the water, he loved her, and one day, whilewet "the love of your proposal. Of course, he was shocked and ran to his friend of a man who has now his proposal" clean "and gave his new band, as a compromise. He accepted with pleasure the next day when went to the bathroom, and when she saw him was so furious that he took, cut his wrist and arm is thrown into the river. Unbelievably, in 1940, a search engine named captain Valentine remains of a human arm buried in nine braceletsthe beach and gave the museum in Harare in 1953 ... Apparently, it is still present.

A couple of recent stories Tokoloshe in Zimbabwe:

In 1999, a woman who lives in the second city of Bulawayo, an assistant called to exorcise the house and think that their daughter had contacted a Tokoloshe and asked that the damage to their employers. The woman of Portuguese origin, born and raised in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Magicianwill be, and the girl fell ill and left the service of his employer ...

Tokoloshe have served this year as a member of Parliament - ironically, the security man for president, Robert Mugabe - a disgruntled employee accused of not one but three attack Tokoloshe send .. .

Obviously, the same year (Zimbabwe, a Tokoloshe crowding), six teachers of the same school Gurvuve, a village in central Zimbabwe, is ripe for actiona male colleague were called to overcome Tokoloshe to teach "their way" might have with them while they slept. It can fairly self-Tokoloshe to put with it?

My family was not immune from Tokoloshe. One night, my brother, at the age of eight years (Bryan) in Matopos was camping with his scout. The boy had spent the whole afternoon to do what boys do best - sitting around the campfire sharing stories about Tokoloshe terrifying.Poor Bryan was the youngest Cub Scout, and when he went to sleep in his tent, he had trouble sleeping. When he heard a sound of scraping and did not feel anything in his sleeping bag, the poor boy ran from the tent to terrorism ... taking the contour of laughs!

He has to forgive his best friend, always with a dry branch of a tree, his bedding! Children can be cruel!