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Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore Tales

Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore Tales

by Robert Hamill Nassau

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Author
Nassau, Robert Hamill, 1835-1921
Credits
Produced by 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
Tales -- Africa, West
Category
Text
eBook-No.
58900
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58900
Release Date
February 17, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.PRONUNCIATION
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.Mpongwe
  6. 6.FOREWORD
  7. 7.Do Not Trust Your Friend
  8. 8.Leopard’s Hunting Camp
  9. 9.Tests of Death—1st Version
  10. 10.Tests of Death—Second Version
  11. 11.Tasks Done for a Wife
  12. 12.A Tug-of-War
  13. 13.Agĕnda: Rat’s Play on a Name
  14. 14.“Nuts Are Eaten Because of Angângwe”; A Proverb
  15. 15.Who Are Crocodile’s Relatives?
  16. 16.Who is King of Birds?
  17. 17.“Njiwo Died of Sleep”: A Proverb
  18. 18.Which is the Fattest?
  19. 19.Why Mosquitoes Buzz
  20. 20.Unkind Criticism
  21. 21.The Suitors of Princess Gorilla
  22. 22.Leopard of the Fine Skin
  23. 23.Why The Plantain-Stalk Bears But One Bunch
  24. 24.Benga Tribe
  25. 25.FOREWORD
  26. 26.Swine Talking
  27. 27.Crocodile
  28. 28.Origin of the Elephant
  29. 29.Leopard’s Marriage Journey
  30. 30.Tortoise in a Race
  31. 31.Goat’s Tournament
  32. 32.Why Goats Became Domestic
  33. 33.Igwana’s Forked Tongue
  34. 34.What Caused their Deaths?
  35. 35.A Quarrel About Seniority
  36. 36.The Magic Drum
  37. 37.The Lies of Tortoise
  38. 38.“Death Begins By Some One Person”: A Proverb
  39. 39.Tortoise and the Bojabi Tree
  40. 40.The Suitors Of Njambo’s Daughter
  41. 41.Tortoise, Dog, Leopard and the Njabi Fruit
  42. 42.A Journey for Salt
  43. 43.A Plea for Mercy
  44. 44.The Deceptions of Tortoise
  45. 45.Leopard’s Hunting Companions
  46. 46.Is the Bat a Bird or a Beast?
  47. 47.Dog, and His Human Speech (1st Version)
  48. 48.Dog, and His Human Speech (2nd Version)
  49. 49.The Savior of the Animals
  50. 50.Origins of the Ivory Trade (1st Version)
  51. 51.Origin of the Ivory Trade (2nd Version)
  52. 52.Dog and His False Friend Leopard
  53. 53.A Trick for Vengeance
  54. 54.Not My Fault!
  55. 55.Do Not Impose on the Weak
  56. 56.Borrowed Clothes
  57. 57.The Story of a Panic
  58. 58.A Family Quarrel
  59. 59.The Giant Goat
  60. 60.The Fights of Mbuma-Tyĕtyĕ and An Origin of the Leopard
  61. 61.A Snake’s Skin Looks Like a Snake
  62. 62.Fang Tribe
  63. 63.FOREWORD
  64. 64.Candor
  65. 65.Which is the Better Hunter, an Eagle or a Leopard?
  66. 66.A Lesson in Evolution
  67. 67.Parrot Standing on One Leg
  68. 68.A Question of Right of Inheritance
  69. 69.Tortoise Covers His Ignorance
  70. 70.A Question as to Age
  71. 71.Abundance: A Play on the Meaning of a Word
  72. 72.An Oath, With a Mental Reservation
  73. 73.The Treachery of Tortoise
  74. 74.A Chain of Circumstances
  75. 75.INDEX
  76. 76.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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