You are here:

1. » Home
2. » Areas
3. » Mythology
4. » Africa
5. » African mythology
6. » Heitsi-eibib

Cite/print/rate article
Send comment    References

by Micha F. Lindemans

Legendary hero of the Khoikhoi (Hottentots). He is the son of a cow and some miraculous grass, eaten by the cow. Heitsi-eibib is a great magician, a patron of hunters, and a superb fighter. One of his feats was defeating the monstrous Ga-gorib. According to legend, he was killed on numerous occasions, after which he always resurrected himself (his cairns are found all over the Khoikhoi lands).