BY TRADITION

Ethiopian and Horn of Africa folklore

1 record of Ethiopian and Horn of Africa folklore — the beings, warnings and stories the tradition keeps, with sources.

BudaShapeshifter · EthiopiaIn Ethiopian and Eritrean speech, buda names the evil eye and the power, often inherited, to harm by looking and to become a hyena. It is a living social-religious complex bound to artisanship and outsider status, not a werewolf dossier and not a licence to accuse.