(in African folklore) a mischievous and lascivious hairy water sprite.
〈南非〉托科洛希(非洲民间传说中的长毛水中精灵,好捉弄人,且好色)
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A common manifestation of witchcraft attacks are witch familiars such as ghosts, demons, evil spirits and tokoloshes disturbing a house or attacking individuals.
Vendors of muti (traditional medicine) all over southern Africa sell and advertise products for protection against tokoloshes.
The witch keeps the tokoloshe docile by cutting the fringe of hair that hangs over its eyes.
Then, with a nasty cackling laugh, an ugly tokoloshe stuck his head out from behind a rock.
I want to start a section on my site about African Folklore, tokoloshes and stuff like that.