[womp womp]

Owner: sapphireish
Name: mami
Name Meaning: after mami wata, a water spirit that provides spiritual and material healing to those who worship her. she is mostly depicted as a mermaid or a snake charmer, or a combination of the two.
Gender: female

[Meoauniaea]

Owner: Syelfavaki
Name: Anansi
Name Meaning: When I was a kid, there was a show about African culture, mind you this was late nineties/early 2000s... and a spider told the stories, whose name was Anansi. Anansi was a trickster much like Loki who had a spider form, and I believe part of the lore is that Anansi is why most humans fear spiders.
Gender: Male

[voxtexy]

Owner: HailHydra
Name: Ala
Name Meaning:

She is the earth and fertility goddess of the Ibo people of Nigeria, as well as a goddess of the underworld. She is the daughter of the great god Chuku and is considered to be the mother of all things. In the beginning she gives birth, and at the end she welcomes the dead back to her womb. In Nigeria, where she is still worshipped, she has temples situated in the center of the villages, where she has a statue surrounded by the images of other gods and animals.

Gender: Female

[Mythz]

Owner: Mythz
Name: Fowl
Name Meaning: after the 'guinea fowl' fable of african folklore
Gender: Male

[ZeroToInfinity]

Owner: dino cat
Name: Lightning Bird
Name Meaning:
Gender: Male

[HowlingHooves]

Owner: HowlingHooves
Name: Gleti
Name Meaning: Name of a moon goddess of the Fon people of the Kingdom of Dahomey, now Benin, West Africa. She is also known as the mother of all stars, and the eclipses we see are said to be the shadow of her husband crossing over her face.
Gender: Female

[startea]

Owner: startea
Name: Adroa
Name Meaning: "Adroa is the sky god and the supreme god and creator. It’s believed that Adroa created a set of twins who were the first man and woman on earth"
Gender: male

[Luxio]

Owner: Luxio
Name: Hye (He-Yeah)
Name Meaning: From the werehyena of african myth, inspired by the belief people disguise themselves as hyena, like werewolves

Very much the closest thing i could find to a painted dog lol
Gender: Female

[Almond Bark]

Owner: Almond Bark
Name: Nyame
Name Meaning: The God of the Akan people of Ghana. His name means "he who knows and sees everything" and "omniscient, omnipotent sky god" in the Akan language. He symbolizes God's omnipotence through the knowledge that people should not fear anything but him.
Gender: Male

[Placebo]

Owner: Placebo
Name: AHK Keep that Head High and Proud | Oshosi (Osho)
Name Meaning: Oshosi is a spirit in the Yoruba pantheon associated with the animals, wealth, lightness, astuteness, wisdom, and craftiness in the hunt.
Gender: Male