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Soldier Moon Magazine X Hyenas
Hyenas haven't exactly been enlisted as soldiers, but they have been affected by wars in various ways. In Ethiopia's Tigray conflict, hyenas were observed scavenging on corpses left behind by battles. Additionally, research has shown that war can alter hyena behavior, particularly in regions where they coexist with humans. In Tigray, spotted hyenas' feeding habits changed due to the war, with human remains appearing in their diet more frequently at battle sites.
There was also an unusual case in 1999 where a week-long fight between lions and hyenas in Ethiopia led to military intervention. While not directly involved in human warfare, hyenas have certainly been impacted by conflicts in ways that highlight their adaptability and opportunistic nature.
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The rivalry between hyenas and lions is fueled by several factors:
- **Competition for food**: Both species are apex predators that hunt similar prey, such as zebras and wildebeests. This overlap leads to frequent clashes over kills, with hyenas often trying to steal food from lions and vice versa.
- **Territorial disputes**: Lions and hyenas share overlapping habitats, which results in conflicts over hunting grounds and water sources.
- **Threat to offspring**: Lions will kill hyena cubs when given the chance, and hyenas may target lion cubs, especially when lionesses are away hunting.
- **Kleptoparasitism**: Hyenas are notorious for stealing kills from lions using their superior numbers, while lions use their strength to intimidate hyenas and take their food.
- **Dominance struggles**: Both species have complex social hierarchies. While lions rely on their size and strength, hyenas use teamwork and numbers to challenge lions.
Despite their animosity, lions and hyenas generally try to avoid direct confrontations unless necessary. Their interactions are a fascinating example of predator competition in the wild.
The term “kishi” means “spirit” in Bantu languages, tying it to supernatural malevolence.
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It uses its charming human guise to lure young women, only to devour them with its hyena face
Kishi (Angola): In Angolan mythology, the kishi is a two-faced demon with a human face on the front and a hyena’s face on the back
Across various cultures, particularly in African and European traditions, the hyena’s scavenging habits, eerie vocalizations, and perceived gender ambiguity have cemented its reputation as a symbol of evil, trickery, and the demonic.
The hyena has many supernatural qualities
In demonology and related folklore, the hyena is often portrayed as a malevolent creature associated with dark forces, deception, and the supernatural, drawing from its behaviors and physical traits that have long inspired fear and misunderstanding.
Hyena Behavior: The spotted hyena’s eerie “laughter,” nocturnal habits, and occasional scavenging of human remains likely fueled these myths. Their presence near settlements, especially in rural areas, reinforced their supernatural aura.
Stigmatization: The bouda myth often served to marginalize groups like Beta Israel, who faced accusations of sorcery due to their distinct religious and occupational roles. This reflects broader ethnic and religious tensions in Ethiopia’s history.
Detection and Protection: Communities use rituals, amulets, or religious blessings to ward off bouda. A hyena acting unnaturally—lingering near villages or showing human-like intelligence—may be suspected as a bouda. Killing one risks
retaliation from the witch, so some avoid harming hyenas altogether. In Tigray, a 19th-century tale describes a bouda revealed when a hyena was wounded and a corresponding injury appeared on a suspected human.
Cultural Examples: In Gondar and rural Tigray, bouda are blamed for unexplained deaths or disappearances. A common story involves are
bouda luring victims by mimicking human voices, a trait borrowed from hyena vocalizations. In some accounts, bouda hyenas dig up fresh graves, reinforcing their necrophagic image.
Gender and Transformation: Myths often describe bouda as male, but female bouda are also feared, especially for targeting family members. Some tales suggest bouda can be born with the ability or inherit it,
while others claim it’s learned through occult practices. The transformation process is rarely detailed but often involves rituals or objects like a “hyena skin” worn to shift forms.
Blacksmith Association: Blacksmiths are frequently accused of being bouda due to their craft’s perceived magical nature (transforming metal mirrors shapeshifting). This belief has historically stigmatized
blacksmiths, who were often Beta Israel or other low-status groups, reflecting social tensions. A 1966 study by Frederick C. Gamst notes that in Endegen, Amhara communities viewed blacksmiths as potential bouda, inherently untrustworthy.
Evil Eye and Malevolence: Bouda are feared for their “evil eye,” a malevolent gaze that can curse, sicken, or kill. They are said to rob graves, eat corpses, or attack the living,
particularly targeting children or the vulnerable. This ties to hyenas’ scavenging reputation, amplified by cultural fears of the supernatural.
Bouda as Shapeshifters: The bouda are believed to be humans, often blacksmiths or marginalized groups like Ethiopian Jews (Beta Israel), who can transform into hyenas at night. This transformation is attributed to sorcery or pacts with supernatural forces. They revert to human
form by dawn, making detection difficult. Some myths claim bouda use a magic stick or potion, as seen in broader African werehyena tales like Somalia’s Qori Ismaris.
In Ethiopian folklore, werehyenas—often called “bouda” or “buda”—are central to myths blending fear, magic, and social dynamics. These beliefs, particularly strong among Christian and Muslim Amhara and
Tigrinya communities, portray hyenas as shapeshifters tied to witchcraft, sorcery, and malevolence.
Hermaphrodite Myth: The belief that hyenas are hermaphrodites, noted by Aristotle and Ovid, arises from the spotted hyena’s pseudo-penis, a trait unique to females, leading to associations with gender ambiguity and sexual “perversion” in medieval Europe.
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Some cultures admire hyenas for their cunning and resourcefulness. In Egyptian mythology, the goddess Mafdet, depicted with a hyena’s head, symbolizes justice and protection. The Pedi tribe in South Africa uses hyena skins and bones as sacred totems for chieftains and divination.
in African allegories where they symbolize gluttony, contrasted with hardworking ants and bees. Their scavenging (though they hunt 95% of their food) and eerie “laughter” contribute to their demonic reputation.
Leucrocotta and Crocotta: Ancient Greek and Roman texts describe the leucrocotta or crocotta, likely inspired by hyenas, as a dog-wolf hybrid that mimics human voices to lure prey.
Pliny the Elder and Ctesias noted its ability to call people by name, devouring those who approached.
Medieval Bestiaries: In European medieval bestiaries, influenced by the Physiologus, hyenas are depicted as grave-robbers and hermaphrodites, symbolizing deceit and sexual deviance.
They were believed to mimic human voices to lure victims and paralyze prey by circling them three times. The belief in hyenas changing sex, refuted by Aristotle, likely stems from the spotted hyena’s pseudo-penis.
Jinn and Deception: In Middle Eastern lore, striped hyenas are often seen as physical incarnations of jinn. Al-Qazwīnī (1204–1283) wrote of the al-Ḍabyūn (“hyena people”), a tribe where a hyena could identify and eat a member even among a thousand people.
Vampiric and Supernatural Traits: In Arab folklore, hyenas are vampiric, mesmerizing victims with their eyes or pheromones and sucking blood from their necks. Al-Damiri’s 1371 Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrā describes hyenas as
nocturnal attackers, while a 1376 Persian treatise discusses kaftar, half-man, half-hyena beings that slaughter children. In Afghanistan, India, and Palestine, striped hyenas are symbols of treachery but also love and fertility, with their body parts used in love medicines.
Angolan Kishi: The Kishi, a mythical Angolan creature, appears human but has a hidden hyena head. It lures victims with charm at social events, only to reveal its true form and devour them, emphasizing the hyena’s deceptive nature.
Cosmic and Symbolic Roles: In East African Tabwa mythology, the spotted hyena is a solar animal that brought the sun to warm the earth. Conversely, Gogo and Meru folklore links hyenas to death, with tales of hyenas preventing immortality by blocking
messages from gods, ensuring they can feed on corpses. The Nandi Bear, a creature from western Kenya folklore, is described as a bear-hyena hybrid that eats brains and scalps humans, reflecting hyenas’ fearsome reputation.
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Moral and Trickster Tales: Hyenas often appear in fables as greedy or foolish. In a Bushman story, a hyena tricks a lion into swallowing hot soup, killing him, showcasing its deceitful nature. In West African tales, spotted hyenas symbolize
immorality and dirty habits, sometimes challenging local animism, as among the Beng in Côte d’Ivoire. In Fulani tales from Fuuta Tooro, the hyena Demmbayal Fowru is a frequent foil to the clever hare Bojjel, engaging in mutual trickery.
Witchcraft and Night Cattle: Among the Mbugwe of Tanzania, hyenas are called “night cattle,” believed to be owned by witches, branded with invisible marks, and used as mounts for nocturnal rituals. Killing
a hyena is dangerous, as the witch may retaliate with magic. Similarly, the Wambugwe believe witches ride hyenas to saturnalian gatherings, and hyenas bear young in witches’ homes, where they are milked for “hyena butter.”
who can shapeshift into hyenas, rob graves, and consume corpses, a belief sometimes tied to prejudice against certain groups like Ethiopian Jews. In the Kanuri language of the former Bornu Empire, werehyenas are called
bultungin (“I change myself into a hyena”), with entire villages, like Kabultiloa, rumored to be populated by them.
Werehyenas and Shapeshifting: In many African cultures, hyenas are linked to therianthropy. In Somalia, the legend of Qori Ismaris describes a man who transforms into a “hyena-man” by rubbing himself with a magic stick at night, reverting to
human form by dawn. In Ethiopia, blacksmiths are often believed to be “bouda” (or buda), wizards or witches
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Hyenas feature prominently in folklore across Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia, often cast as complex figures embodying both negative and positive traits. Their eerie vocalizations, nocturnal habits, and
scavenging behavior have shaped their mythological roles, frequently associating them with trickery, witchcraft, and the supernatural.
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