He aha ke ʻano o ka hippo ma ʻApelika. Encyclopedia of symbols

Hippo: Ke akua makuahine

Ma ka hema o Mozambique, e like me ʻAigupita Kahiko, mahalo pinepine ʻia ka hippopotamus ma ke ʻano he akua makuahine ma ke ʻano he hippopotamus. Nui nā ʻohana i manaʻo ʻo hippos nā aliʻi o ke aupuni ʻōmaʻomaʻo holoʻokoʻa ma lalo o ka wai, kahi e pua ai nā pua nani.

Ua manaʻo ʻia ua mālama ke akua hippo i nā wahine hāpai a me nā keiki ʻōpio. He nui nā moʻolelo i haʻi mai i ka mālama ʻana o kēia mau akua wahine i ko lākou aupuni i lalo o ka wai i nā pēpē i hoʻopakele ʻia e lākou iho a i ʻole nā ​​kānaka i hāʻawi ʻia iā lākou e mālama. Akā, ʻo nā kaʻao o nā ʻohana o Mali, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke haʻi nei i nā hippos monster i hoʻoweliweli i nā kānaka a ʻai i nā lako raiki. ʻO ka hopena, ua lanakila ka behemoth monster ma muli o ka maalea o kekahi wahine.

Source: "Symbols of Africa" ​​​​Heike Ovuzu