Part 1 Folk-lore and folk-law: introduction
some characteristics of the tales
animals in the tales
personal characteristics and virtues
the lore of the folk
customs and superstitions
customs and superstitions (contd.). Part 2 Hausa tales, parables and variants: there is no king but God
the punishment of the Sabbath-breakers
the tender-hearted maiden and the fish
the spider, the old woman and the wonderful bull
the false friend
a lie can give more pain than a spear
the king who fulfilled his promise to the leper
the friendly lion, and the youth and his wife
however poor you are there is someone even worse off
the boy, the girl and Dodo
falsehood is more profitable than truth
virtue pays better than greed
the victim does not always see the joke
Dodo, the robber and the magic door
the deceitful spider, the half-man and the rubber-girl
the rich Malam, the thieving spider and the hyaena
little fool, or the biter bit
how the spider ate the hyaena-cubs' food
the slave who was wiser than the king
the cock by his wit saves his skin
the hen seeks a charm from the wild-cat
the battle between the beasts and the birds
the goat frightens the hyaena
the spider, the guinea-fowl and the francolin
how the cunning jerboa killed the strong lion
the camel and the rude monkey
the boy who was lucky in trading
one cannot help an unlucky man
the wonderful ring
the greedy girl and her cure
the gluttons
how Dodo frightened the greedy man
Bortorimi and the spider
the hyaena and the spider visit the king of a far city
the hyaena confesses her guilt
the greedy spider and the birds
the hare outwits the hyaena
everything comes to him who waits
the lazy frog and his punishment
the snake and the scorpion
the spider which bought a dog as a slave
the wooing of the bashful maiden
the girls and the unknown youth
the son of the king of Agaddez
the boy who became his rival's ruler
the wild cat and the hen
the dishonest father
the contest for Dodo's wife
the man and his lazy wives
the two wives, the hyaena and the dove
the man and his wives, and Dodo
the wife who would not work alone
the thoughtful and the thoughtless husbands
Solomon and the birds
the king who coveted his son's wife
the girl who married Dodo's son
the man who married a monkey
the monkey-woman
the despised wife's triumph
the good Kishia and the lucky boy
the determined girl and the wicked parents
the wicked girl, and her punishment
the two half-brothers and the jealous mother
the origin of the white-breasted crow
the brave mother and the cowardly father
the fighting ram
the lucky foundling
the wicked father and the kind stranger
the woman who could not keep a secret
the boy who refused to walk
the woman who bore a clay pot
the woman whose offspring were a mouse and a cake
how the beautiful girl escaped from Dodo
the precocious new-baby settles his father's debts
Dodo's debt
how the eagle outwitted the townspeople
the spider passes on a de
