Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa. Dayrell Elphinstone

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       Elphinstone Dayrell

      Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4057664637673

Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION

       FOLK STORIES FROM SOUTHERN NIGERIA

       I

       The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter

       II

       How a Hunter obtained Money from his Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and how he got out of repaying them

       III

       The Woman with Two Skins

       IV

       The King's Magic Drum

       V

       Ituen and the King's Wife

       VI

       Of the Pretty Stranger who Killed the King

       VII

       Why the Bat flies by Night

       VIII

       The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull

       IX

       The King who Married the Cock's Daughter

       X

       The Woman, the Ape, and the Child

       XI

       The Fish and the Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish lives in the Water

       XII

       Why the Bat is Ashamed to be seen in the Daytime

       XIII

       Why the Worms live Underneath the Ground

       XIV

       The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and Why the Elephant has Small Eyes

       XV

       Why a Hawk kills Chickens

       XVI

       Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky

       XVII

       Why the Flies Bother the Cows

       XVIII

       Why the Cat kills Rats

       XIX

       The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder

       XX

       Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are bad Friends

       XXI

       The Cock who caused a Fight between two Towns

       XXII

       The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water

       XXIII

       Why Dead People are Buried

       XXIV

       Of the Fat Woman who Melted Away

       XXV

       Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise

       XXVI