West African Folk-Tales
Read West African Folk-Tales online, free: 37 chapters, public domain, on Papyras.
Contents
- Introduction
- I. How We Got the Name ‘Spider Tales’
- II. How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race
- III. Anansi and Nothing
- IV. Thunder and Anansi
- V. Why the Lizard Continually Moves His Head Up and Down
- VI. Tit for Tat
- VII. Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property
- VIII. The Squirrel and the Spider
- IX. Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles as Big as Themselves
- X. Why Spiders Are Always Found in the Corners of Ceilings
- XI. Anansi the Blind Fisherman
- XII. Adzanumee and Her Mother
- XIII. The Grinding-Stone That Ground Flour by Itself
- XIV. “Morning Sunrise”
- XV. Why the Sea-Turtle When Caught Beats Its Breast with Its Fore-Legs
- XVI. How Beasts and Serpents First Came Into the World
- XVII. Honourable Minū
- XVIII. Why the Moon and the Stars Receive Their Light from the Sun
- XIX. Ohia and the Thieving Deer
- XX. How the Tortoise Got Its Shell
- XXI. The Hunter and the Tortoise
- XXII. The Tail of the Princess Elephant
- XXIII. Kwofi and the Gods
- XXIV. The Lion and the Wolf
- ‘I will die God’s death’ and ‘I will die the King’s death’
- XXVI. The Robber and the Old Man
- XXVII. The Leopard and the Ram
- XXVIII. Why the Leopard Can Only Catch Prey on Its Left Side
- (The Bad Boy)
- XXX. King Chameleon and the Animals
- XXXI. To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren Is a Very Foolish Thing to Do
- XXXII. The Ungrateful Man
- XXXIII. Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless They Are Provoked
- XXXIV. The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles
- XXXV. How Mushrooms First Grew
- XXXVI. Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies