Editing Ti Malice and Bouki

{{Short description|Haitian mythological figure}}
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'''Ti Malice''' is a [[trickster]] character and nemesis of Tonton (Uncle) '''Bouki''' in [[Haitian mythology|Haitian folklore]]. While Ti Malice is smart and guileful, Uncle Bouki is hardworking but is also very greedy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Haiti Literature - Haitian folktales|url=http://www.teachingforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Haiti_Literature.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.teachingforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Haiti_Literature.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|website=Teaching for Change|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref> It is the manipulation of this greed that allows Ti Malice to often get the best of Uncle Bouki. These characters are said to be a split of [[Anansi]], the trickster character of the [[Ashanti people|Ashanti]] of [[Ghana]].

Bouki and Malice have their origins in African [[Oral tradition|oral traditions]]. In [[Senegal]] and neighbouring countries, these two characters appear in animal form. Bouki is represented as a [[hyena]], which is called "Bouki" in the [[Fula language|Fulani]] and [[Wolof language|Wolof]] languages, while Malice is a [[hare]] called "Leuk" in Senegal. From there, character traits develop that identify the two companions. Bouki, the hungry and skinny hyena and Leuk, the hare with a mischievous character and legendary cunning.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le bestiaire africain de la diaspora : " retour au peuple " |url=https://vuesdumonde.forumactif.com/t5798-le-bestiaire-africain-de-la-diaspora-retour-au-peuple |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=vuesdumonde.forumactif.com |language=fr}}</ref>

Two equivalent figures, also a hyena known as Bouki and a hare (called Lapin), are known to exist in Louisiana folktales.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gaudet |first1=Marcia |title=Bouki, the Hyena, in Louisiana and African Tales |journal=The Journal of American Folklore |date=1992 |volume=105 |issue=415 |pages=66–72 |doi=10.2307/542000 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/542000 |access-date=24 August 2024 |issn=0021-8715}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3043924 Jacques Stephen-Alexis retelling of Bouki and Malice]
[[Category:Haitian mythology]]
[[Category:Storytelling]]
[[Category:Trickster gods]]


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