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Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria

Elphinstone Dayrell

First published 1910
Publisher Longmans, Green and Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages xvi+159

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1 The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
6 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
11 The Woman with Two Skins Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
20 The King's Magic Drum Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
29 Ituen and the King's Wife Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
33 Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
36 Why the Bat Flies by Night Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
38 The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
42 The King Who Married the Cock's Daughter Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
46 Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
49 The Fish and the Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
51 Why the Bat Is Ashamed to Be Seen in the Daytime Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
56 Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
58 The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why Worms Are Blind and Why Elephant Has Small Eyes Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
62 Why a Hawk Kills Chickens Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
64 Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
66 Why the Flies Bother the Cows Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
68 Why the Cat Kills Rats Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
70 The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
72 Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are Bad Friends Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
76 The Cock Who Caused a Fight Between Two Towns Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
79 The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
81 Why Dead People are Buried Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
83 Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
86 Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
91 Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
93 The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
98 The King and the Ju Ju Tree Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
104 How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
107 Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
115 How the Cannibals Drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom) Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
119 The Lucky Fisherman Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
121 The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
126 The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
133 The King and the 'Nsiat Bird Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
135 Concerning the Fate of Essido and his Evil Companions Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
142 Concerning the Hawk and the Owl Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
145 The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
153 The 'Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
156 The Election of the King Bird (The Black-and-White Fishing Eagle) Elphinstone Dayrell Short Story
v Introduction (Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria West Africa) Andrew Lang Essay