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  2. Superstition in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Other superstitious Ethiopian practices and beliefs include: [6] The common practice of slaughtering a goat before the birth of a baby (this may be due to Ethiopia's relatively high infant mortality rate). The belief is that if a spotted hyena scratches a house, the resident will be victim to a future war. That a hyena screaming is an omen of ...

  3. Buda (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    Buda (Ge’ez: ቡዳ) (or bouda), in Ethiopian and Eritrean folk religion, is the power of the evil eye and the ability to change into a hyena.Buda is generally believed by the wider society to be a power held and wielded by those in a different social group, for example among the Beta Israel or metalworkers.

  4. Wildlife of Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Ethiopia has many species of flowers that are used for medication and decoration. [9] Many of the plants are used to make honey and oil. Moreover, many of the floras in Ethiopia can be used flavoring or spice. Ethiopia has different climate and geological zones that provide different types floras. There are different alpines and evergreen floras.

  5. African divination - Wikipedia

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    An Ethiopian ethnic group associated with the Amhara tribe known as buda are thought to possess the "evil eye": a divination symbol capable of casting spells and misfortune with just a glance or facial expression. [44] "Evil eye spells" are believed to be the cause of multiple maladies such as "wasting sickness, domestic accidents, infertility ...

  6. List of mammals of Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Ethiopia. There are 279 mammal species in Ethiopia , of which five are critically endangered, eight are endangered, twenty-seven are vulnerable, and twelve are near threatened.

  7. The origin and superstitions of April Fools' Day

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    There are even some superstitions surrounding the jokester holiday. Legend has it that if you perform a prank after noon on April 1, you can expect some bad luck in your future.

  8. Jackal's horn - Wikipedia

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    The Jackal's horn (Urdu: گیدڑ سنگھی) is a mythical boney cone-shaped excrescence which is said to occasionally grow on the skulls of golden jackals. [citation needed] It is associated with magical powers in South Asia. Despite the lack of proof for its existence it is still widely believed to be real.

  9. Gelada - Wikipedia

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    The gelada (Theropithecus gelada, Amharic: ጭላዳ, romanized: č̣əlada, Oromo: Jaldeessa daabee), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of 1,800–4,400 m (5,900–14,400 ft) above sea level.

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