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Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa

Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa

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Number of Chapters: 41

Length: 04 hours and 45 minutes

Language: English

A collection of folk stories and fairy tales from Southern Nigeria gathered by Elphinstone Dayrell, deputy commissioner of the region when the book was published. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn

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Introduction (Farnood)
The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter (PhyllisV)
How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them (PhyllisV)
The Woman with Two Skins (PhyllisV)
The King’s Magic Drum (PhyllisV)
Ituen and the King’s Wife (PhyllisV)
Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King (PhyllisV)
Why the Bat Flies by Night (Stefan Von Blon)
The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull (PhyllisV)
The King Who Married the Cock’s Daughter (PhyllisV)
Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child (PhyllisV)
The Fish and the Leopard’s Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water (Anita Sloma-Martinez)
Why the Bat is Ashamed to be Seen in the Daytime (ceekay)
Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground (Kathrine Engan)
The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and the Elephant Has Small Eyes (Kathrine Engan)
Why A Hawk Kills Chickens (Kathrine Engan)
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (Anita Sloma-Martinez)
Why the Flies Bother the Cows (Anita Sloma-Martinez)
Why the Cat Kills Rats (Farnood)
The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder (Farnood)
Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant Are Bad Friends (JT)
The Cock Who Caused A Fight Between Two Towns (Paul Brian Stewart)
The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water (Paul Brian Stewart)
Why Dead People Are Buried (Paul Brian Stewart)
Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away (Paul Brian Stewart)
Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise (Paul Brian Stewart)
Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes (Paul Brian Stewart)
The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat (Paul Brian Stewart)
The King and the Ju Ju Tree (John)
How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus (Paul Brian Stewart)
Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women (Elizabeth Jenkins)
How the Cannibals Drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom) (Jordan Cline)
The Lucky Fisherman (Jordan Cline)
The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone (Kathrine Engan)
The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress (Tim van der Scheer)
The King and the ‘Nsiat Bird (Tim van der Scheer)
Concerning the Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions (JT)
Concerning the Hawk and the Owl (Mary Frances)
The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators (Tim van der Scheer)
The ‘Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird (Nan Dodge)
The Election of the King Bird (The Black-and-White Fishing Eagle) (Nan Dodge)
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