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CONTENTS

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I.THE KINGDOM OF THE YORUBAS1
II.HOW TRIBAL MARKS CAME TO BE USED2
III.AKITI THE HUNTER3
IV.SONS OF STICKS5
V.WHY WOMEN HAVE LONG HAIR6
VI.WHY PEOPLE CRY “LONG LIVE THE KING!” WHEN THUNDER FOLLOWS LIGHTNING7
VII.THE OLOFIN AND THE MICE9
VIII.THE IROKO TREE11
IX.THE HUNTER AND THE DEMON POLO, OR, ORISA OKO12
X.MOREMI14
XI.THE BAT17
XII.THE LEOPARD-MAN18
XIII.THE WATER-BIRD20
XIV.THE ANTS AND THE TREASURE21
XV.THE VOICES OF BIRDS26
XVI.THE THREE MAGICIANS28
XVII.ISOKUN AND THE BABY31
XVIII.THE TWIN BROTHERS33
XIX.HOW LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS36
XX.ANOTHER STORY OF LEOPARD AND HIS SPOTS37
XXI.THE HEAD38
XXII.OLE AND THE ANTS40
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XXIII.THE BOA-CONSTRICTOR42
XXIV.OLURONBI43
XXV.THE STAFF OF ORANYAN46
XXVI.THE ELEPHANT’S TRUNK48
XXVII.THE SECRET OF THE FISHING-BASKETS49
XXVIII.THE TEN GOLDSMITHS51
XXIX.THE COOKING-POT55
XXX.THE PARROT56
XXXI.THE GHOST-CATCHER59
 
STORIES OF TORTOISE
XXXII.TORTOISE AND THE KING65
XXXIII.TORTOISE AND MR. FLY68
XXXIV.ERIN AND ERINOMI (THE LAND- AND WATER-ELEPHANTS)71
XXXV.THE THREE DEATHS OF TORTOISE73
XXXVI.TORTOISE AND THE COCK75
XXXVII.TORTOISE AND CRAB76
XXXVIII.TORTOISE AND PIGEON77
XXXIX.TORTOISE AND THE WHIP-TREE80
XL.TORTOISE AND THE RAIN84

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