2026-01-16
•2 min read
They are not ghosts. They are not monsters. They are the souls of old tools—brooms, pokers, and pestles—stained with human blood. They love wrestling, buckwheat jelly, and gold.
She is beautiful, enticing, and generous. Mami Wata brings wealth to those who worship her, and ruin to those who betray her. She is the mother of water, and she does not forgive.
They watch from the trees and the stones. Guardians of the earth's treasures, they can make you a king or destroy you for a single act of disrespect.