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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bossum

One of the two chief deities of the negroes on the Gold Coast, the other being Demonio. Bossum, the principle of good, is said to be white; and Demonio, the principle of evil, black. (African mythology.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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