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South-African Folk Tales

South-African Folk Tales

by James A. Honey

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Author
Honey, James A., 1880-
Title
South-African Folk-Tales
Credits
Produced by Michael Hale, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (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
Folklore -- South Africa
Category
Text
eBook-No.
38339
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38339
Release Date
December 19, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-TALES — SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-TALES — BY
  3. 3.JAMES A. HONEŸ, M.D.
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-TALES
  6. 6.INTRODUCTION
  7. 7.ORIGIN OF THE DIFFERENCE IN MODES OF LIFE BETWEEN HOTTENTOTS AND BUSHMEN
  8. 8.THE LOST MESSAGE
  9. 9.THE MONKEY'S FIDDLE
  10. 10.THE TIGER, THE RAM, AND THE JACKAL
  11. 11.THE JACKAL AND THE WOLF
  12. 12.A JACKAL AND A WOLF
  13. 13.THE LION, THE JACKAL, AND THE MAN
  14. 14.THE WORLD'S REWARD
  15. 15.THE LION AND JACKAL
  16. 16.TINK-TINKJE
  17. 17.THE LION AND JACKAL
  18. 18.LION AND JACKAL
  19. 19.THE HUNT OF LION AND JACKAL
  20. 20.STORY OF LION AND LITTLE JACKAL
  21. 21.THE LIONESS AND THE OSTRICH
  22. 22.CROCODILE'S TREASON
  23. 23.THE STORY OF A DAM
  24. 24.THE DANCE FOR WATER OR RABBIT'S TRIUMPH
  25. 25.JACKAL AND MONKEY
  26. 26.LION'S SHARE
  27. 27.JACKAL'S BRIDE
  28. 28.THE STORY OF HARE
  29. 29.THE WHITE MAN AND SNAKE
  30. 30.ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE
  31. 31.CLOUD-EATING
  32. 32.LION'S ILLNESS
  33. 33.JACKAL, DOVE, AND HERON
  34. 34.COCK AND JACKAL
  35. 35.ELEPHANT AND TORTOISE
  36. 36.ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE
  37. 37.TORTOISES HUNTING OSTRICHES
  38. 38.THE JUDGMENT OF BABOON
  39. 39.LION AND BABOON
  40. 40.THE ZEBRA STALLION
  41. 41.WHEN LION COULD FLY
  42. 42.LION WHO THOUGHT HIMSELF WISER THAN HIS MOTHER
  43. 43.LION WHO TOOK A WOMAN'S SHAPE
  44. 44.WHY HAS JACKAL A LONG BLACK STRIPE ON HIS BACK?
  45. 45.HORSE CURSED BY SUN
  46. 46.LION'S DEFEAT
  47. 47.THE ORIGIN OF DEATH
  48. 48.ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE
  49. 49.A THIRD VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE
  50. 50.A FOURTH VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE
  51. 51.A ZULU VERSION OF THE LEGEND OF THE "ORIGIN OF DEATH"
  52. 52.LITERATURE — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes:

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