The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages-from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, and ribald tales of mischief and magic in the animal and human realms. Abrahams renders these stories in a narrative voice that reverberates with the rhythms of tribal song and dance and the emotional…mehr
The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages-from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, and ribald tales of mischief and magic in the animal and human realms. Abrahams renders these stories in a narrative voice that reverberates with the rhythms of tribal song and dance and the emotional language of universal concerns. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore LibraryHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Part I. Tales of Wonder from the Great Ocean of Story 31
Introduction 33 Demane and Demazana 35 The Password 37 The Three Tests 42 Monkey Steals of Drum 56 A Man Who Could Transform Himself 57 Tale of an Old Woman 59 The King’s Daughter Who Lost her Hair 64 Profitable Amends 69 The Man and the Muskrat 71 The Hare’s Hoe 74 Why the Hare Runs Away 75 The Tortoise and the Falcon 78 Rubiya 83 The Flying Lion 86 A-Man-Among-Men 89 A Competition of Lies
Part II. Stories to Discuss and Even Argue About 107
Introduction 109 The Contest of Riddles 111 Leopard, Goat, and Yam 112 An Eye for an Eye? 113 Wondrous Powers: Mirror, Sandals, and a Medicine Bag 114 The Devil Comes Between Them 115 The Quality of Friendship 116 The Four Champions 118 Who Should He Kill? 119 Killing Virtue 120 A Spirited Contending 122 Love Caused it All 123 Killed for a Horse 127 Three Wives 129 The Five Helpers 130 Many Miracles 131 Their Eyes Came Out 133 He Starved his Own 134 The Smart Man and the Fool 136 Fembar’s Curiosity 138 A Father’s Advice 139 Is it Right that He Should Bite Me? 140 Take Me Carefully, Carefully 141 Tiger Slights the Tortoise 142 The Nature of the Beast 144 The Disobedient Sisters 145 Rich Man, Poor Man 147 Finders Keepers 149 The Leopard Woman 150
Part III. Tales of Trickster and Other Ridiculous Creatures: Tales to Entertain 153
Introduction 155 Why Monkeys Live in Trees 158 All the Little Animals 159 Why the Dog Always Chases Other Animals 165 The Story of Hlakanyana 166 Cursing the Birds 176 Saving the Rain 178 Stuffing the Hyena 180 Cutting the Elephant’s Hips 182 The Clever Wakasanke 183 The Tricksters’ Encounter 185 How Squirrel Robbed Rabbit of his Tail 187 Victims of Vanity 188 Death by Burning 189 The Ant’s Burden 190 Their Soft Crowns Discovered 192 The Pig’s Nose and the Baboon’s Rear 193 One Trick Deserves Another 193 The Pleasure of his Company 197 The Dog Eats All the Ants 198 No Longer Fear the Cock’s Comb 200 How Honey Guide Came to Have Power Over Honey 201 The Trapper Trapped 203 Medicine Came to Him 203 Friends for a Time 204 The Great Overland Trek 206 The Shundi and the Cock 209 Spider Outwits the Rich Woman 212 Softly, Over the Head of the Great 216 Treachery Repaid 219 The Great Dikithi 220 The Work Done by Itself 225 Two Friends from their Childhood 227 Talking Drums Discovered 228
Part IV. Tales in Praise of Great Doings 231
Introduction 233 Cassire’s Lute 235 The Mwindo Epic 240
Part V. Making a Way Through Life 295
Introduction 297 Salt, Sauce, and Spice, Onion Leaves, Pepper, and Drippings 299 The Old Woman with Sores 301 How it Pays Sometimes to be Small 303 The Cloth of Pembe Mirui 304 The Wooing Battle 306 The Orphan with the Cloak of Skins 309 Tungululi and the Masters 311 Chameleon into Needle 315 Mother Comes Back 316 The Three Sisters 320 The Messenger Bird 324 The Child in the Reeds 326 A Woman’s Quest 333 Never Ask Me About my Family 336 A Man Marries a Lioness 338
Bibliography 343 Permissions Acknowledgments 347 Index of Tales 351
Part I. Tales of Wonder from the Great Ocean of Story 31
Introduction 33 Demane and Demazana 35 The Password 37 The Three Tests 42 Monkey Steals of Drum 56 A Man Who Could Transform Himself 57 Tale of an Old Woman 59 The King’s Daughter Who Lost her Hair 64 Profitable Amends 69 The Man and the Muskrat 71 The Hare’s Hoe 74 Why the Hare Runs Away 75 The Tortoise and the Falcon 78 Rubiya 83 The Flying Lion 86 A-Man-Among-Men 89 A Competition of Lies
Part II. Stories to Discuss and Even Argue About 107
Introduction 109 The Contest of Riddles 111 Leopard, Goat, and Yam 112 An Eye for an Eye? 113 Wondrous Powers: Mirror, Sandals, and a Medicine Bag 114 The Devil Comes Between Them 115 The Quality of Friendship 116 The Four Champions 118 Who Should He Kill? 119 Killing Virtue 120 A Spirited Contending 122 Love Caused it All 123 Killed for a Horse 127 Three Wives 129 The Five Helpers 130 Many Miracles 131 Their Eyes Came Out 133 He Starved his Own 134 The Smart Man and the Fool 136 Fembar’s Curiosity 138 A Father’s Advice 139 Is it Right that He Should Bite Me? 140 Take Me Carefully, Carefully 141 Tiger Slights the Tortoise 142 The Nature of the Beast 144 The Disobedient Sisters 145 Rich Man, Poor Man 147 Finders Keepers 149 The Leopard Woman 150
Part III. Tales of Trickster and Other Ridiculous Creatures: Tales to Entertain 153
Introduction 155 Why Monkeys Live in Trees 158 All the Little Animals 159 Why the Dog Always Chases Other Animals 165 The Story of Hlakanyana 166 Cursing the Birds 176 Saving the Rain 178 Stuffing the Hyena 180 Cutting the Elephant’s Hips 182 The Clever Wakasanke 183 The Tricksters’ Encounter 185 How Squirrel Robbed Rabbit of his Tail 187 Victims of Vanity 188 Death by Burning 189 The Ant’s Burden 190 Their Soft Crowns Discovered 192 The Pig’s Nose and the Baboon’s Rear 193 One Trick Deserves Another 193 The Pleasure of his Company 197 The Dog Eats All the Ants 198 No Longer Fear the Cock’s Comb 200 How Honey Guide Came to Have Power Over Honey 201 The Trapper Trapped 203 Medicine Came to Him 203 Friends for a Time 204 The Great Overland Trek 206 The Shundi and the Cock 209 Spider Outwits the Rich Woman 212 Softly, Over the Head of the Great 216 Treachery Repaid 219 The Great Dikithi 220 The Work Done by Itself 225 Two Friends from their Childhood 227 Talking Drums Discovered 228
Part IV. Tales in Praise of Great Doings 231
Introduction 233 Cassire’s Lute 235 The Mwindo Epic 240
Part V. Making a Way Through Life 295
Introduction 297 Salt, Sauce, and Spice, Onion Leaves, Pepper, and Drippings 299 The Old Woman with Sores 301 How it Pays Sometimes to be Small 303 The Cloth of Pembe Mirui 304 The Wooing Battle 306 The Orphan with the Cloak of Skins 309 Tungululi and the Masters 311 Chameleon into Needle 315 Mother Comes Back 316 The Three Sisters 320 The Messenger Bird 324 The Child in the Reeds 326 A Woman’s Quest 333 Never Ask Me About my Family 336 A Man Marries a Lioness 338
Bibliography 343 Permissions Acknowledgments 347 Index of Tales 351
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