Edit: if you have any knowledge of any Somali folklores give knowledge. Thanks

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yes my ayeyo would tell me stories about how she would steal kids who stayed outside when it's dark and eat them alive@Ahmed123-
This women looks pretty scary not gonna lie:
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Her name is Dhegdheer: she’s basically a known-cannibal where she hunts astray kids or lost kids.
There‘s also books of hers:
that I didn’t get to read
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My ayeyo grew up in the badiyaha mudug so I consider myself an "expert" in somali mythology but this?!
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Will Waal Was An Darood King In What Is Now Known As Agadenia
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A youtuber makes videos about this
Geeljirettes used to tell these telltales to their children while the geeljire was away for long times. To make the children ignore the hunger, we would tell them these stories to keep them occupied.