Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria
43 chapters English Public domain
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This is one of the important collections of African folklore published under the Andrew Lang imprint. The tales, replete with African wisdom stories and animal fables is one of the best.--J.B. Hare
Table of contents
43 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Contents 03 Introduction 04 I. The Tortise with a Pretty Daughter 05 II. How a Hunter obtained Money from his Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and how he got out of repaying them 06 III. The Woman with Two Skins 07 IV. The King's Magic Drum 08 V. Ituen and the King's Wife 09 VI. Of the Pretty Stranger who Killed the King 10 VII. Why the Bat flies by Night 11 VIII. The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull 12 IX. The King who Married the Cock's Daughter 13 X. The Woman, the Ape, and the Child 14 XI. The Fish and the Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish lives in the Water 15 XII. Why the Bat is Ashamed to be seen in the Daytime 16 XIII. Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground 17 XIV. The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and why the Elephant has Small Eyes 18 XV. Why a Hawk kills Chickens 19 XVI. Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky 20 XVII. Why the Flies Bother the Cows 21 XVIII. Why the Cat kills Rats 22 XIX. The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder 23 XX. Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are bad Friends 24 XXI. The Cock who caused a Fight between two Towns 25 XXII. The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water
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Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria
43 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is one of the important collections of African folklore published under the Andrew Lang imprint. The tales, replete with African wisdom stories and animal fables is one of the best.--J.B. Hare
Table of contents
43 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Contents 03 Introduction 04 I. The Tortise with a Pretty Daughter 05 II. How a Hunter obtained Money from his Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and how he got out of repaying them 06 III. The Woman with Two Skins 07 IV. The King's Magic Drum 08 V. Ituen and the King's Wife 09 VI. Of the Pretty Stranger who Killed the King 10 VII. Why the Bat flies by Night 11 VIII. The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull 12 IX. The King who Married the Cock's Daughter 13 X. The Woman, the Ape, and the Child 14 XI. The Fish and the Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish lives in the Water 15 XII. Why the Bat is Ashamed to be seen in the Daytime 16 XIII. Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground 17 XIV. The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and why the Elephant has Small Eyes 18 XV. Why a Hawk kills Chickens 19 XVI. Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky 20 XVII. Why the Flies Bother the Cows 21 XVIII. Why the Cat kills Rats 22 XIX. The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder 23 XX. Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are bad Friends 24 XXI. The Cock who caused a Fight between two Towns 25 XXII. The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water
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Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria
43 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is one of the important collections of African folklore published under the Andrew Lang imprint. The tales, replete with African wisdom stories and animal fables is one of the best.--J.B. Hare
Table of contents
43 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Contents 03 Introduction 04 I. The Tortise with a Pretty Daughter 05 II. How a Hunter obtained Money from his Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and how he got out of repaying them 06 III. The Woman with Two Skins 07 IV. The King's Magic Drum 08 V. Ituen and the King's Wife 09 VI. Of the Pretty Stranger who Killed the King 10 VII. Why the Bat flies by Night 11 VIII. The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull 12 IX. The King who Married the Cock's Daughter 13 X. The Woman, the Ape, and the Child 14 XI. The Fish and the Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish lives in the Water 15 XII. Why the Bat is Ashamed to be seen in the Daytime 16 XIII. Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground 17 XIV. The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and why the Elephant has Small Eyes 18 XV. Why a Hawk kills Chickens 19 XVI. Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky 20 XVII. Why the Flies Bother the Cows 21 XVIII. Why the Cat kills Rats 22 XIX. The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder 23 XX. Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are bad Friends 24 XXI. The Cock who caused a Fight between two Towns 25 XXII. The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water
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