Editing Efik mythology (section)

===Mythical Creatures===
Several mythical creatures can be found in Efik mythology. Such creatures are different from the Efik Ndem which equally have their own separate descriptions in folklore. Some of these creatures include Okukubarakpa (also known as Ukara-akpa), Akaka Obu, Animana, Ikọñwọ, Unanim and several others. Okukubarakpa is regarded as a monstrous serpent that stretches across the river disturbing the waters.<ref name="auto3">[[#refAye1991|Aye]], A learner's dictionary, p. 115</ref><ref>[[#refBurton1865|Burton]], p. 409</ref> The creature can be likened to the [[Leviathan]] or the [[Dragon]]. Okukubarakpa is described by E. U. Aye as, "a large water serpent said to possess a diamond stone in its head and grows a comb on its head like that of a cock."<ref name="auto3"/> The creature can be found in several folk tales of the people of the [[Lower Cross River languages|lower Cross River]] and certain parts of Cameroon. Talbot narrates a tale told to him regarding Okukubarakpa:

<blockquote>Two towns, which lay on either side of a narrow creek, had long been on unfriendly terms. After a while the inhabitants of one of these crossed over at low tide and attacked the other, thinking to gain an easy victory. Instead of this, after hard fighting, they themselves were driven back to the edge of the water, which had, meanwhile, risen so that they, were cut off from escape. Now, in the creek lived a great python named Kukubarakpa, and no sooner did he see the plight of the invaders than he laid himself bridge-wise across the water—his head on the one bank and his tail upon the other. Over his body fled the van¬ quished, and, when all were safely landed on the farther shore, the bravest of the victors tried to follow. Kukubarakpa waited until these were crossing over his body, then sank suddenly, dragging them down with him, so that all were drowned. In gratitude, none of the people whose ancestors were thus saved kill or eat python to this day.<ref>[[#refTalbot1923|Talbot]], pp. 90–91</ref></blockquote>

Another creature, Ikpun kpun kpun Ine also known as Ọkpọñ ọkpọñ ọkpọñ is described as a mammoth-like creature far greater than the elephant but existing only in fables.<ref>[[#refWaddell1863|Waddell]], p. 380</ref><ref>[[#refGoldie1886|Goldie]], Dictionary of the Efik (1886), p. 18</ref> Unanim is described as, "a terrible prehistoric creature said to be extinct".<ref name="auto2">[[#refAye1991|Aye]], A learner's dictionary, p. 143</ref> Unanim is believed to have been aquatic and may have been an ancestor to a species of shark known as {{lang|efi|Unaonịm}}.<ref name="auto2"/> Ikọñwọ is believed to be related to a species of catfish but was far monstrous.<ref>[[#refAye1991|Aye]], A learner's dictionary, p. 53</ref> The Efik believed that Two giant crabs ({{langx|efi|italic=no|Akaka Obu}}) both male and female, guarded the entrance to the Calabar river and protected Old Calabar.<ref>[[#refAye1967|Aye]], Old Calabar</ref>