Ambize
Also called Angulo, Angula, Hog Fish.
A heavy river-beast of the Congo delta with an ox or pig's head, hands where fins should be, and a flat round tail, hunted for flesh said to taste of pork.
At a glance
- Tradition
- African folklore (general)
- Region
- West Africa (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Swift-Footed
- Symbols
- Fish
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Symbols
Judged against the description by a model. Meanings are our own paraphrase.
- Fish is Fish denote aquatic life, fertility, renewal, divine nourishment, and resurrection, while specific traditions also treat them as offerings, taboos, ghosts’ food, or oracles.
why
The description is remarkably consistent across retellings and oddly domestic in its details: the head of a pig or an ox carried on a fish's body at enormous scale, with something like hands where the fins belong, and a tail both flattened and rounded — likened, in one telling, to an archery target.
Traits
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Form
- Hybrid of multiple animals
why
The description is remarkably consistent across retellings and oddly domestic in its details: the head of a pig or an ox carried on a fish's body at enormous scale, with something like hands where the fins belong, and a tail both flattened and rounded — likened, in one telling, to an archery target.
Utility powers
- Aquatic locomotion
why
The description is remarkably consistent across retellings and oddly domestic in its details: the head of a pig or an ox carried on a fish's body at enormous scale, with something like hands where the fins belong, and a tail both flattened and rounded — likened, in one telling, to an archery target.