Tales from Africa

Author(s)

• Arnott, Kathleen

Bibliographic Information

Tales from Africa

retold by Kathleen Arnott ; illustrated by Rosamund Fowler

Oxford University Press, 2000, c1962

Other Title

African myths and legends

Note

Originally published as: African myths and legends, 1962

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215)

Contents of Works

• Why the dog is the friend of man
• The man who learned the language of the animals
• Tortoise and the lizard
• The rubber man
• Tortoise and the baboon
• Spider and the lion
• Thunder and lightning
• Why the crab has no head or how the first river was made
• A test of skill
• The tale of the superman
• Why the bush-fowl calls at dawn and why flies buzz
• Spider and squirrel
• Unanana and the elephant
• Spider's web
• The magic horns
• Snake magic
• Hare and the corn bins
• What the squirrel saw
• Hare and the hyena
• The calabash children
• The blacksmith's dilemma
• The magic drum
• Why the sun and moon live in the sky
• The monkey's heart
• The children who lived in a tree-house
• Why the bat flies at night
• Tug of war
• The discontented fish
• Hallabau's jealousy
• Goto, King of the land and the water
• The singing drum and the mysterious pumpkin
• The snake chief
• The two brothers
• Fereyel and Debbo Engal the witch

• NCID: BA73469101
• ISBN:
  • 9780192750792
• LCCN: 2001276755
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 214 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GR350
  • DC21 : 398.2/096
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tales -- Africa
  • LCSH : Folklore -- Africa
  • LCSH : Mythology, African