wajinru
deity water Black American single tradition · 1
The wajinru are a mermaid-like people in Rivers Solomon's novella, The Deep. They descend from the pregnant African women who were either thrown overboard or purposely jumped from slave ships, choosing death over enslavement.
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The Deep, a novella by Rivers Solomon, incorporates Black American folklore of a mermaid-like people, who are called wajinru in the story. They descend from the pregnant African women who were either thrown overboard or purposely jumped from slave ships, choosing death over enslavement.”
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