Kishi (folklore)
Two-faced demon in Angolan folklore
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A kishi (plural: makishi) is a man-eating, many-headed creature with long, tangled hair that falls over its face, recorded in the folklore of the Ambundu people in Angola.[1][2][3] According to one legend, there was a kishi chief who had the ability to regrow his head as soon as it is cut off.[4] Makishi appear in the legend of Sudika-mbambi, where they destroyed Kimanaueze's village and massacred the people.[5][6]
The word kishi, nkishi, or mukisi means "spirit" in several Bantu languages spoken in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, northern Angola, and parts of western Zambia.[7]
