Secret Saturdays Action figure Cryptid Popobawa. Extremely Rare/ VHTF Sealed

Description: Secret Saturdays Action figure Cryptid Popobawa. Extremely Rare. Popobawa Extremely rare Never sold in stores. This character was snuck in by the creator of the show and no one caught on to the meaning of this character until after Mattel had created the figure. Vital Statistics Species Unknown Habitat Zanzibar, Africa Popobawa is the cryptid that made it's first appearance in The King of Kumari Kandam. Biography The Popobawa is an evil spirit, or shetani, which is believed by residents to have first appeared on the Tanzanian island of Pemba Popobawa is a Swahili name which translates literally as "bat-wing" (from Swahili popo, "bat", and bawa, "wing"). This name is said to have originated as a description of the dark shadow cast by the spirit when it attacks at night: it does not refer to the actual form of the spirit, which is liable to change. Swahili speakers also use a plural form of the name—mapopobawa—to refer to multiple manifestations of the feared spirit. This plural is Anglicized as "Popobawas" Popobawa is a shapeshifter and described as taking different forms, not just that of a bat as its name implies. It can take either human or animal form, and metamorphose from one into the other. Series The King of Kumari Kandam

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