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In the African Yoruba mythology, Egbere is a malevolent spirit that inhabits woods and is seen at night.[1]

It is said to be a malevolent spirit with a short stature, and claims to owns a mat of wealth, that whoever took it from him will be rich beyond imagination.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Crowther, Samuel; Vidal, Owen Emeric (1852). A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language. Seeleys. p. 80.