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