| 10 |
Foreword (African Myths & Tales)
|
Kwadwo Osei-Nyame, Jnr
|
Essay
|
| 11 |
Publisher's Note (African Myths & Tales)
|
uncredited
|
Essay
|
| 14 |
African Mythology: Introduction
|
uncredited
|
Essay
|
| 24 |
Myths of Origin, Death & the Afterlife
|
O. B. Duane
|
Essay
|
| 25 |
The Creation of the Universe
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 26 |
Obatala Creates Mankind
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 28 |
The Creation of Man
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 35 |
Huveane Produces a Child
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 38 |
Olokun's Revenge
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 39 |
Agemo Outwits Olokun
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 40 |
The Gods Descend from the Sky
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 41 |
God Abandons the Earth
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 42 |
The Coming of Darkness
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 43 |
The Sun and the Moon
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 44 |
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 45 |
Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 46 |
The Prince Who Insisted on Possessing the Moon
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 50 |
The Girl of the Early Race, Who Made Stars
|
W. H. I. Bleek
&
L. C. Lloyd
|
Short Story
|
| 51 |
The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 52 |
How Death First Entered the World
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 54 |
Wanjiru, Sacrificed by Her Family
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 56 |
The Chameleon (How Death Came into the World)
|
Alice Werner
&
Rev. Canon Callaway
|
Short Story
|
| 57 |
King Kitamba kia Shiba (and the Kingdom of Death)
|
Alice Werner
&
Héli Chatelain
|
Short Story
|
| 58 |
How Ngunza Defied Death
|
Alice Werner
&
Héli Chatelain
|
Short Story
|
| 59 |
The Man Who Would Shoot Iruwa
|
Bruno Gutmann
&
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 60 |
The Thunder's Bride
|
Alice Werner
&
Eugène Hurel
|
Short Story
|
| 62 |
The Road to Heaven
|
Alice Werner
&
Henri-A. Junod
|
Short Story
|
| 64 |
The Daughter of the Sun and Moon
|
Alice Werner
&
Héli Chatelain
|
Short Story
|
| 66 |
The Tale of Murile
|
Alice Werner
&
J. Raum
|
Short Story
|
| 69 |
Kwege and Bahati
|
Alice Werner
&
M. Klamroth
|
Short Story
|
| 71 |
How a Girl Reached the Land of the Ghosts and Came Back
|
Alice Werner
&
Bruno Gutmann
|
Short Story
|
| 72 |
Nunda the Slayer and the Origin of the One-Eyed
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 74 |
Why Dead People are Buried
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 75 |
The King and the Ju Ju Tree
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 78 |
How the Cannibals Drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom)
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 80 |
Animal Stories & Fables-Introduction
|
uncredited
|
Essay
|
| 81 |
How Anansi Became a Spider
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 83 |
Anansi Obtains the Sky-God's Stories
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 86 |
Anansi and the Corn Cob
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 89 |
Tortoise and the Wisdom of the World
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 90 |
The Tortoise and the Baboon
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 91 |
Tortoise and the Hot-Water Test
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 94 |
The Tortoise and the Elephant
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 96 |
Elephant and Tortoise
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 97 |
The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 97 |
Tortoises Hunting Ostriches
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 99 |
The Leopard, the Squirrel and the Tortoise
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 101 |
The Leopard, the Tortoise and the Bush Rat
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 103 |
The Jackal and the Spring
|
E. Jacottet
|
Short Story
|
| 105 |
The Name of the Tree
|
Alice Werner
&
Clement M. Doke
|
Short Story
|
| 106 |
The Tortoise and the Monitor Lizard
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 107 |
How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 108 |
The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why Worms Are Blind and Why Elephant Has Small Eyes
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 110 |
The King's Magic Drum
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 110 |
Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 114 |
How the Leopard Got His Spots
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 115 |
The Donkey Who Sinned
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 116 |
The Two Suns
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 117 |
Gihilihili: The Snake-man
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 119 |
The Story of the Hunters and the Big Snake
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 120 |
The Sultan's Snake-child
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 123 |
Morongoe the Snake
|
Minnie Martin
|
Short Story
|
| 125 |
How Ra-Molo Became a Snake
|
Minnie Martin
|
Short Story
|
| 126 |
The Maid and Her Snake-lover
|
Minnie Martin
|
Short Story
|
| 128 |
The Ape, the Snake and the Lion
|
George W. Bateman
|
Short Story
|
| 131 |
The Physician's Son and the King of the Snakes
|
George W. Bateman
|
Short Story
|
| 137 |
The Goat, the Lion and the Serpent
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 140 |
How the Dog Came to Live with Man
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 140 |
The White Man and Snake
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 143 |
The Story of Kitinda and Her Wise Dog
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 145 |
The Legend of the Leopardess and Her Two Servants, Dog and Jackal
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 152 |
The Truth About Cock's Comb
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 154 |
Chameleon Wins a Wife
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 156 |
The Chief and the Tigers
|
Minnie Martin
|
Short Story
|
| 158 |
The Tiger, the Ram and the Jackal
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 159 |
The Lion of Manda
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 160 |
The Trapper, the Lion and the Hare
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 163 |
The Hyena and the Moonbeam
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 163 |
The Jackal, the Hare and the Cock
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 166 |
A Jackal and a Wolf
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 166 |
The Jackal and the Wolf
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 167 |
The Lion, the Jackal and the Man
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 168 |
The Lion and Jackal
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 169 |
The Hunt of Lion and Jackal
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 170 |
Jackal and Monkey
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 171 |
Jackal's Bride
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 171 |
The Story of Hare
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 174 |
Cloud Eating
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 174 |
Lion's Illness
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 175 |
Cock and Jackal
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 175 |
Jackal, Dove and Heron
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 176 |
The Lion, the Hyena and the Hare
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 177 |
The Hare and the Lion
|
George W. Bateman
|
Short Story
|
| 179 |
The Lion, the Hyena and the Rabbit
|
George W. Bateman
|
Short Story
|
| 181 |
How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat and Cock, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 183 |
Why the Bat Flies by Night
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 183 |
Why the Bat Is Ashamed to Be Seen in the Daytime
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 185 |
The Woman, the Ape and the Child
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 186 |
The Fish and the Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 187 |
Why the Flies Bother the Cows
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 188 |
Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are Bad Friends
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 188 |
Why the Cat Kills Rats
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 190 |
The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 191 |
Segu the Honey Guide
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 192 |
Bata the Duck
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 194 |
Why a Hawk Kills Chickens
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 195 |
The King and the Nsiat Bird
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 196 |
Concerning the Hawk and the Owl
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 197 |
The Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 198 |
The Election of the King Bird
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 199 |
The Kites and the Crows
|
George W. Bateman
|
Short Story
|
| 201 |
Tink-Tinkje
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 202 |
The Lost Message
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 203 |
The Monkey's Fiddle
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 204 |
The World's Reward
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 206 |
The Lioness and the Ostrich
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 207 |
Crocodile's Treason
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 209 |
The Judgment of Baboon
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 210 |
Lion and Baboon
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 211 |
The Zebra Stallion
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 211 |
When Lion Could Fly
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 212 |
Lion Who Thought Himself Wiser than His Mother
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 213 |
Lion Who Took a Woman's Shape
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 216 |
The Man Who Found a Lion in a Cave
|
W. H. I. Bleek
&
L. C. Lloyd
|
Short Story
|
| 218 |
The Young Man of the Ancient Race, Who Was Carried off by a Lion; When Asleep in the Field
|
W. H. I. Bleek
&
L. C. Lloyd
|
Short Story
|
| 221 |
Why Has Jackal a Long Black Stripe on His Back?
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 222 |
Horse Cursed by Sun
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 222 |
Lion's Defeat
|
James A. Honeij
|
Short Story
|
| 223 |
The Elephant and the Lion
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 226 |
The Monkey, the Shark and the Washerman's Donkey
|
George W. Bateman
|
Short Story
|
| 229 |
The Legend of the Cunning Terrapin and the Crane
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 235 |
The Legend of Kibatti the Little Who Conquered all the Great Animals
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 241 |
The Partnership of Rabbit and Elephant, and What Came of It
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 245 |
The Boy Kinneneh and the Gorilla
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 249 |
A Hospitable Gorilla
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 251 |
The City of the Elephants
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 256 |
The Animals and the Well
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 260 |
The Hare, the Hyena and the Pot of Beans
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 261 |
The Hare, the Hyena and the Roasted Guinea Fowl
|
Alice Werner
&
C. G. Büttner
|
Short Story
|
| 262 |
The Hyena Kills the Hare's Mother
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 263 |
The Hare Overcomes Both Rhino and Hippo
|
Alice Werner
&
A. M. Dale
&
Edwin W. Smith
|
Short Story
|
| 264 |
The Hare Decides a Case
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 265 |
The Hare's End
|
Alice Werner
&
W. E. Taylor
|
Short Story
|
| 266 |
The Varanus in the Tree
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 267 |
The Shrew-mouse Helps the Man
|
Alice Werner
&
Emmeline H. Dewar
|
Short Story
|
| 268 |
The Mantis Assumes the Form of a Hartebeest
|
W. H. I. Bleek
&
L. C. Lloyd
|
Short Story
|
| 271 |
Gaunu-tsaxau, the Baboons and the Mantis
|
W. H. I. Bleek
&
L. C. Lloyd
|
Short Story
|
| 275 |
The Mason Wasp and His Wife
|
W. H. I. Bleek
&
L. C. Lloyd
|
Short Story
|
| 276 |
The Vultures, Their Elder Sister, and Her Husband
|
W. H. I. Bleek
&
L. C. Lloyd
|
Short Story
|
| 278 |
Stories of Wit and Wisdom: Introduction
|
uncredited
|
Short Story
|
| 279 |
The Rich Man and the Poor Man
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 281 |
How Walukaga Answered the King
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 283 |
The Young Man and the Skull
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 284 |
The Story of the Glutton
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 288 |
The Feast
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 289 |
The Three Tests
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 293 |
The Two Rogues
|
O. B. Duane
|
Short Story
|
| 297 |
The Girls Who Wanted New Teeth
|
Alice Werner
&
Eugène Hurel
|
Short Story
|
| 299 |
The Kinyamkela's Bananas
|
Alice Werner
&
M. Klamroth
|
Short Story
|
| 300 |
The Two Brothers
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 301 |
Morena-Y-A-Letsatsi, or the Sun Chief
|
Minnie Martin
|
Short Story
|
| 301 |
The Tale of Nyengebule
|
Alice Werner
&
Rev. Canon Callaway
|
Short Story
|
| 303 |
The Story of Takane
|
Minnie Martin
|
Short Story
|
| 307 |
How Khosi Chose a Wife
|
Minnie Martin
|
Short Story
|
| 308 |
The Village Maiden and the Cannibal
|
Minnie Martin
|
Short Story
|
| 314 |
Lelimo and the Magic Cap
|
Minnie Martin
|
Short Story
|
| 316 |
The Famine
|
Minnie Martin
|
Short Story
|
| 317 |
Pemba Muhori
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 321 |
The Cat's Tail
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 322 |
The Young Thief
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 325 |
The Woodcutter and His Donkey
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 327 |
Kitangatanga of the Sea
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 329 |
The Story of Kibaraka and the Bird
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 331 |
The Story of the Fools
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 334 |
The Poor Man and His Wife of Wood
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 336 |
Binti Ali the Clever
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 339 |
Lila and Fila
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 342 |
Ali of the Crooked Arm
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 346 |
Feeding the Hungry
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 347 |
Shani and Tabak
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 349 |
A Man and His Mother-in-Law
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 350 |
The Magic Date Trees
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 353 |
Paka the Cat
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 355 |
The Tale of the Merchant and His Bag of Gold
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 358 |
The Sultan's Daughter
|
Capt. C. H. Stigand
&
Mrs. C. H. Stigand
|
Short Story
|
| 359 |
The Woman with Two Skins
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 363 |
Ituen and the King's Wife
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 364 |
Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 366 |
The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 367 |
The King Who Married the Cock's Daughter
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 369 |
The Cock Who Caused a Fight Between Two Towns
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 370 |
Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 371 |
Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 375 |
The Lucky Fisherman
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 376 |
The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 378 |
The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 381 |
The Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 383 |
The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators
|
Elphinstone Dayrell
|
Short Story
|
| 386 |
Goso, the Teacher
|
George W. Bateman
|
Short Story
|
| 389 |
Haamdaanee
|
George W. Bateman
|
Short Story
|
| 401 |
Mkaaah Jeechonee, the Boy Hunter
|
George W. Bateman
|
Short Story
|
| 407 |
The Magician and the Sultan's Son
|
George W. Bateman
|
Short Story
|
| 409 |
The Queen of the Pool
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 415 |
King Gumbi and His Lost Daughter
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 420 |
The Story of Maranda
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 422 |
How Kimyera Became King of Uganda
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 432 |
The Adventures of Saruti
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 437 |
The Search for the Home of the Sun
|
Henry M. Stanley
|
Short Story
|
| 439 |
Out of the Mouths of Babes
|
Alice Werner
&
J. Torrend
|
Short Story
|
| 441 |
Ryangombe and Binego
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 443 |
Sudika-Mbambi the Invincible
|
Alice Werner
&
Héli Chatelain
|
Short Story
|
| 446 |
Kachirambe of the Anyanja
|
Alice Werner
&
R. S. Rattray
|
Short Story
|
| 447 |
Mbega, a Child of Ill Omen
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 455 |
The 'Haditha yar Liongo'
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 458 |
Hlakanyana's Precocious Development and Mischievous Pranks
|
Alice Werner
&
Rev. Canon Callaway
|
Short Story
|
| 463 |
The Children and the Zimwi
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 465 |
The Magic Flight (abridged)
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 466 |
The Ogre Husband
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 468 |
The Were-Wolf Husband
|
Alice Werner
&
Bruno Gutmann
|
Short Story
|
| 469 |
The Girl Who Married a Lion
|
Alice Werner
&
Clement M. Doke
|
Short Story
|
| 471 |
The Hyena Bridegroom
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 472 |
Khodumodumo, or Kammapa, the Swallowing Monster
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 474 |
Untombinde and the Squatting Monster
|
Alice Werner
&
Rev. Canon Callaway
|
Short Story
|
| 475 |
The Devouring Pumpkin
|
Alice Werner
|
Short Story
|
| 476 |
Biographies & Text Sources (African Myths & Tales)
|
uncredited
|
Essay
|
