Extra-human Beings: Familiars or Tokoloshe

Since I have been labelled one I thought I'd share what they are thanx to my knoledge of the Anthropological study of culture in a multic ultural context.

In clear contrast to the ancestors and spirits, these beings essentially non-human in nature, either in origion or in essence.
Furthermore, they can't act in their own capacity, as the Supreme Beings, the ancestors and other spirits do.

In order to become active, these beings are called on by certain people including witches, and associate with them for evil purposes.

In ethnographic literature these beings are referred to as "familiars"
They come in various categories,
. animal-shaped familiars which relate to both domestic and wild animals, corresponding stracturally to the wild animals of the forest.

. The most commonly reffed to familiar is Tokoloshe~ Uthikoloshe is a tiny, hair, human-shaped creature. They are either extremelly tall or very short, and are midnite animals.
Tokoloshe or uthikoloshe ~ is a male and highly s*xual in nature, and is said to be inherited by a daughter from her mother. And is seen by children most often than by adults.

. Another often mentioned familiar, like the tokoloshe, s*xual in nature, is ~
. The Impundulu, " lightning bird" that always appears when lígtning strikes
to a female witch "in a form of a very beautiful young men who becomes her lover.

. Lastly the ground Hornbill "rain bird" like the umpundulu is used to cause misfortune and even death to a personal enemy! And killing it results in rainfall without end.