Reynard the fox in South Africa

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Author

Bleek, W. H. I. (Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel), 1827-1875

Title

Reynard the fox in South Africa : or, Hottentot Fables and Tales, chiefly translated from original manuscripts in the Library of His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B.

Original Publication

London: Trübner and Co., 1864.

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/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Khoikhoi (African people) -- Folklore

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73413

Release Date

April 17, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.REYNARD THE FOX IN SOUTH AFRICA; — OR, Hottentot Fables and Tales. — CHIEFLY TRANSLATED FROM ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE GREY, K.C.B.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.JACKAL FABLES. — 1. THE LION’S DEFEAT. — 2. THE HUNT OF THE LION AND JACKAL. — 3. THE LION’S SHARE. — 4. THE JACKAL’S BRIDE. — 5. THE WHITE MAN AND THE SNAKE. — 6. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE. — 7. CLOUD-EATING. — THE HYENA. — 8. FISH-STEALING. — 9. WHICH WAS THE THIEF? — 10. THE LION’S ILLNESS. — 11. THE DOVE AND THE HERON. — 12. THE COCK. — 13. THE LEOPARD AND THE RAM.
5. 5.TORTOISE FABLES. — THE SPRINGBOK (GAZELLE). — 14. THE ELEPHANT AND THE TORTOISE. — 15. THE GIRAFFE AND THE TORTOISE. — THE GIRAFFE. — 16. THE TORTOISES HUNTING THE OSTRICHES.
6. 6.BABOON FABLES. — 17. THE JUDGMENT OF THE BABOON. — 18. THE LION AND THE BABOON. — THE BABOON. — 19. THE ZEBRA STALLION. — THE ZEBRA. — THE ZEBRA. — 20. THE LOST CHILD.—[ A Tale. ] — 21. THE BABOON SHEPHERD.—[ A Tale. ]
7. 7.LION FABLES. — 22. THE FLYING LION. — 23. THE LION WHO THOUGHT HIMSELF WISER THAN HIS MOTHER. — 24. THE LION WHO TOOK A WOMAN’S SHAPE. — 25. A WOMAN TRANSFORMED INTO A LION. — 26. THE LION AND THE BUSHMAN.
8. 8.VARIOUS FABLES. — THE ELEPHANT. — 27. HOW A NAMA WOMAN OUTWITTED THE ELEPHANTS. — 28. A BAD SISTER.
9. 9.SUN AND MOON FABLES. — 29. WHY HAS THE JACKAL A LONG BLACK STRIPE ON HIS BACK? — 30. THE HORSE CURSED BY THE SUN.
10. 10.31. THE ORIGIN OF DEATH. — 32. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE. — 33. A THIRD VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE. — 34. A FOURTH VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE. — 35. A ZULU VERSION OF THE LEGEND OF THE “ORIGIN OF DEATH.”
11. 11.HEITSI EIBIP AND OTHER LEGENDS. — 36. HEITSI EIBIP. — 37. THE VICTORY OF HEITSI EIBIP. — 38. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME LEGEND. — 39. THE RAISIN-EATER. — 40. ORIGIN OF THE DIFFERENCE IN MODES OF LIFE BETWEEN HOTTENTOTS AND BUSHMEN.
12. 12.HOUSEHOLD TALES. — 41. THE LITTLE WISE WOMAN. — 42. THE UNREASONABLE CHILD TO WHOM THE DOG GAVE ITS DESERTS; — OR, A RECEIPT FOR PUTTING ANY ONE TO SLEEP.
13. 13.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — Corrections

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