West African Creatures
West African mythology and folklore draw on forest belts, savannas, and Sahel trade roads that connect towns to Atlantic ports. Storytelling is carried by griot praise singing, mask societies, and shrine rites linked to markets and rivers. Themes include kingship, oath keeping, trickery that teaches prudence, and powerful medicines used for protection and justice. Sources range from Arabic chronicles to colonial era collections and contemporary ethnography, so names often appear in several spellings. Expect notes on festivals, divination, drum language, and river crossings. Use tiles to enter subregions, then open cards for sources, variant names, and iconographic markers.