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In Loango a prince's cap is put upon the head of a dead leopard, and dances are held in its honour. Lion. The Arabs had a lion-god, Yaghuth. In modern Africa we find a lion-idol among the Balonda. Lizard. The cult of the lizard is most prominent in the Pacific, where it appears as an incarnation of Tangaloa.
Look," and he pointed to certain grooves in the face of the rock, "I think that here there was once a bridge which could be let down at will on to the tail of the lion-god, though long ago it has rotted away. Yet ere now I have travelled this road without it."
+450+. In addition to the more direct statements there are traditions or myths that connect the origin of clans with animals or plants through the intermediation of gods or human beings, by marriage, or some other relation. The Bushbuck clan of the East African Baganda worship a lion-god, who is called an ancestor and is said to have turned into a lion at his death.
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