ǀKaggen

ǀKaggen
Creation (demi-urge)
AnimalsPraying mantis, bull eland, a louse, a snake, and a caterpillar
Ethnic groupSan
ConsortǀHúnntuǃattǃatte̥n ("Coti")
Offspring!Xo (Porcupine, adopted daughter)
Cogaz
Gewi
Ichneumon

ǀKaggen (more accurately ǀKágge̥n or ǀKaggən, sometimes corrupted to Cagn and sometimes called Mantis) is a demiurge and folk hero of the San people of southern Africa. He is a trickster god who can shape shift, usually taking the form of a praying mantis but also a bull eland, a louse, a snake, and a caterpillar.

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