African myths & tales: an anthology of classic tales
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London, England : Flame Tree Publishing, 2019.
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Book
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479 pages ; 24 cm
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"Africa south of the Sahara is a land of wide-ranging traditions and varying cultures. Despite the diversity and the lack of early written records, the continent possesses a rich body of folk tales and legends that have been passed down through the strong custom of storytelling and which often share similar elements, characters and ideas between peoples. So this collection offers a hefty selection of legends and tales - stories of the gods, creation and origins, trickster exploits, animal fables and stories which entertain and edify - from 'Obatala Creates Mankind', from the Yoruba people of west Africa, to 'The Girl Of The Early Race, Who Made Stars', from the San people of southern Africa, all collected in a gorgeous gold-foiled and embossed hardback to treasure."--Amazon.com
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English
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9781787552883, 1787552888
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"Africa south of the Sahara is a land of wide-ranging traditions and varying cultures. Despite the diversity and the lack of early written records, the continent possesses a rich body of folk tales and legends that have been passed down through the strong custom of storytelling and which often share similar elements, characters and ideas between peoples. So this collection offers a hefty selection of legends and tales - stories of the gods, creation and origins, trickster exploits, animal fables and stories which entertain and edify - from 'Obatala Creates Mankind', from the Yoruba people of west Africa, to 'The Girl Of The Early Race, Who Made Stars', from the San people of southern Africa, all collected in a gorgeous gold-foiled and embossed hardback to treasure."--Amazon.com
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(2019). African myths & tales: an anthology of classic tales. London, England, Flame Tree Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)2019. African Myths & Tales: An Anthology of Classic Tales. London, England, Flame Tree Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)African Myths & Tales: An Anthology of Classic Tales. London, England, Flame Tree Publishing, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)African Myths & Tales: An Anthology of Classic Tales. London, England, Flame Tree Publishing, 2019.
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| 505 | 0 | |a MYTHS OF ORIGIN, DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE: The creation of the universe -- Obatala creates mankind -- The creation of man -- Huveane produces a child -- Olokun's revenge -- Agemo outwits Olokun -- The gods descend from the sky -- God abandons the earth -- The coming of darkness -- The sun and moon -- Why the sun and the moon live in the sky -- Why the moon waxes and wanes -- The prince who insisted on possessing the moon -- The girl of the early race, who made stars -- The story of the lightning and the thunder -- How death first entered the world -- Wanjiru, sacrificed by her family -- The chameleon (how death came into the world) -- How Ngunza defied death -- The man who would shoot Iruwa -- The thunder's bride -- The road to heaven -- The daughter of the sun and moon -- The tale of Murile -- Kwege and Bahati -- How a girl reached the land of the ghosts and came back -- Nunda the Slayer and the origin of the One-eyed -- Why dead people are buried -- The king and the ju ju tree -- How cannibals drove the people from Insofan -- Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom) -- ANIMAL STORIES & FABLES: How Anansi became a spider -- Anansi obtains the Sky-God's stories -- Anansi and the corn cob -- Tortoise and the wisdom of the world -- The tortoise and the baboon -- Tortoise and the hot-water test -- The tortoise and the elephant -- Elephant and tortoise -- Tortoises hunting ostriches -- The tortoise with a pretty daughter -- The leopard, the squirrel and the tortoise -- The leopard, the tortoise, and the bush rat -- The jackal and spring -- The name of the tree -- The tortoise and the monitor lizard -- How the tortoise overcame the elephant and the hippopotamus -- The elephant and the tortoise; or, Why worms are blind and why elephant has small eyes -- Why the worms live underneath the ground -- The king's magic drum -- How the leopard got his spots -- The donkey who sinned -- The two suns -- Gihilihili: the snake-man -- The story of the hunters and the big snake -- The sultan's snake-child -- Morongoe the snake -- How Ra-Molo became a snake -- The maid and her snake-lover -- The ape, the snake and the lion -- The physician's son and the king of the snakes -- The goat, the lion and the serpent -- The white man and snake -- How the dog came to live with man -- The story of Kitinda and her wise dog -- The legend of the leopardess and her two servants, dog and jackal -- The truth about cock's comb -- Chameleon wins a wife -- The chief and the tigers -- The tiger, the ram and the jackal -- The lion of Manda -- The trapper, the lion and the hare -- The hyaena [hyena] and the moonbeam -- The jackal, the hare and the cock -- The jackal and the wolf -- A jackal and a wolf -- The lion, the jackal and the man -- The lion and jackal -- The hunt of lion and jackal -- Jackal and monkey -- Jackal's bride -- The story of Hare -- Cloud eating -- Lion's illness -- Jackal, dove and heron -- Cock and jackal -- The lion, the hyena and the hare -- The hare and the lion -- The lion, the hyena and the rabbit -- How a hunter obtained money from his friend -- The leopard, goat, bush cat and cock, and how he got out of repaying them -- Why the bat flies by night -- Why the bat is ashamed to be seen in the daytime -- The woman, the ape and the child -- The fish and the leopard's wife; or, Why the fish lives in the water -- Why the flies bother the cows --Why the cat kills rats --Why the bush cow and the elephant are bad friends -- The affair of the hippopotamus and the tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the water -- Segu the honey guide -- Bata the duck -- Why a hawk kills chickens -- The king and the nsiat bird -- Concerning the hawk and the owl -- The nsasak bird and the odudu bird -- The election of the king bird -- The kites and the crows -- Tink-Kinkje -- The lost message -- The monkey's fiddle -- The world's reward -- The lioness and the ostrich -- Crocodile's treason -- The judgment of baboon -- Lion and baboon -- The zebra stallion -- When lion could fly -- Lion who thought himself wiser than his mother -- Lion who took a woman's shape -- The man who found a lion in a cave -- The young man of the ancient race, who was carried off by a lion when asleep in the field -- Why has jackal a long black stripe on his back? -- Horse cursed by sun -- Lion's defeat -- The elephant and the lion -- The monkey, the shark and the washerman's donkey -- The legend of the cunning terrapin and the crane -- The legend of Kibatti the little who conquered all the great animals -- The partnership of rabbit and elephant, and what came of it -- The boy Kinneneh and the gorilla -- A hospitable gorilla -- The city of elephants -- The animals and the well -- The hare, the hyena and the pot of beans -- The hare, the hyena and the roasted guinea fowl -- The hyena kills the hare's mother -- The hare overcomes both rhino and hippo -- The hare decides a case -- The hare's end -- The varanus in the tree -- The shrew-mouse helps the man -- The mantis assumes the form of a hartebeest -- Gaunu-tsaxau, the baboons and the mantis -- The mason wasp and his wife -- The vultures, their elder sister, and her husband | |
| 505 | 0 | |a STORIES OF WIT & WISDOM: The rich man and the poor man -- How Walukaga answered the king -- The young man and the skull -- The story of the glutton -- The feast -- The three tests -- The two rogues -- The girls who wanted new teeth -- The Kinyamkela's bananas -- The two brothers -- The tale of Nyengebule -- The story of Takane -- How Khosi chose a wife -- The village maiden and the cannibal -- Morena-Y-A-Letsatsi, or the Sun Chief -- Lelimo and the magic cap -- The famine -- Pemba Muhori -- The cat's tail -- The young thief -- The woodcutter and his donkey -- Kitangatanga of the sea -- The story of Kibaraka and the bird -- The story of the fools -- The poor man and his wife of wood -- Binti Ali the clever -- Lila and Fila -- Ali of the crooked arm -- Feeding the hungry -- Shani and Tabak -- A man and his mother-in-law -- The magic date trees -- Paka the cat -- The tale of the merchant and his bag of gold -- The Sultan's daughter -- The woman with two skins -- Ituen and the King's wife -- Of the pretty stranger who killed the king -- The disobedient daughter who married a skull -- The king who married the cock's daughter -- The cock who caused a fight between two towns -- Of the fat woman who melted away -- Of the pretty girl and the seven jealous women -- The lucky fisherman -- The orphan boy and the magic stone -- The slave girl who tried to kill her mistress -- The fate of Essido and his evil companions -- The story of the drummer and the alligators -- Goso, the teacher -- Haamdaanee -- Mkaaah Jeechonee, the boy hunter -- The magician and the sultan's son -- The queen of the pool -- King Gumbi and his lost daughter -- The story of Maranda -- How Kimyera became king of Uganda -- The adventures of Saruti -- The search for the home of the sun -- Out of the mouths of babes -- Ryangombe and Binego -- Sudika-Mbambi the Invincible -- Kachirambe of the Anyanja -- Mbega, a child of ill omen -- The 'Hadithi yar Liongo' -- Hlakanyana's precocious development and mischievous pranks -- The children and the Zimwi -- The magic flight -- The ogre huband -- The wee-wolf husband -- The girl who married a lion -- The hyena bridegroom -- Khodumodumo, or, Kammapa, the swallowing monster -- Untombinde and the squatting monster -- The devouring pumpkin. | |
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