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Kaffir folk-lore: A selection from the traditional tales current among the people living on the Eastern border of the Cape Colony

Kaffir folk-lore: A selection from the traditional tales current among the people living on the Eastern border of the Cape Colony

by George McCall Theal

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Author
Theal, George McCall, 1837-1919
Title
Kaffir folk-lore : A selection from the traditional tales current among the people living on the eastern border of the Cape Colony with copious explanatory notes
Original Publication
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Le Bas & Lowrey, 1886.
Credits
Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
Subject
Xhosa (African people) -- Folklore
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71335
Release Date
August 4, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER REGARDING THE KAFFIRS.
  5. 5.STORY OF THE BIRD THAT MADE MILK. I.
  6. 6.THE STORY OF THE BIRD THAT MADE MILK. II.
  7. 7.THE STORY OF FIVE HEADS.
  8. 8.THE STORY OF TANGALIMLIBO.
  9. 9.STORY OF THE GIRL WHO DISREGARDED THE CUSTOM OF NTONJANE.
  10. 10.THE STORY OF SIMBUKUMBUKWANA.
  11. 11.THE STORY OF SIKULUME.
  12. 12.THE STORY OF HLAKANYANA.
  13. 13.THE STORY OF DEMANE AND DEMAZANA.
  14. 14.THE RUNAWAY CHILDREN; OR, THE WONDERFUL FEATHER.
  15. 15.STORY OF IRONSIDE AND HIS SISTER.
  16. 16.STORY OF THE CANNIBAL’S WONDERFUL BIRD.
  17. 17.THE STORY OF THE CANNIBAL MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN.
  18. 18.STORY OF THE GIRL AND THE MBULU.
  19. 19.THE STORY OF MBULUKAZI.
  20. 20.THE STORY OF LONG SNAKE.
  21. 21.THE STORY OF KENKEBE. — ANOTHER STORY OF KENKEBE.
  22. 22.STORY OF THE WONDERFUL HORNS.
  23. 23.THE STORY OF THE GLUTTON.
  24. 24.STORY OF THE GREAT CHIEF OF THE ANIMALS.
  25. 25.STORY OF THE HARE.
  26. 26.STORY OF LION AND LITTLE JACKAL.
  27. 27.PROVERBS AND FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS.
  28. 28.NOTES. — Story of the Bird that made Milk. — The Story of Five Heads. — The Story of Tangalimlibo. — Story of the Girl who Disregarded the Custom of Ntonjane. — The Story of Simbukumbukwana. — The Story of Sikulume. — The Story of Hlakanyana. — The Story of Demane and Demazana. — The Runaway Children. — The Girl and the Mbulu. — The Story of Long Snake. — The Story of Kenkebe. — Story of Lion and Little Jackal.
  29. 29.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — Corrections

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