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by Micha F. Lindemans

The wood god of the pygmies of Zaire. He is 'lord of the animals' and patron of the hunt. It is believed that he manifests himself as a storm, and that he hides in a rainbow. Tore plays an important part in the initiation rites, where he appears as a leopard.