African Folktales in the New World

Name: African Folktales in the New World
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ISBN: 9780253207364

ISBN-10: 0253207363

ISBN-13: 9780253207364

Edition: 1992

Authors: William W. Bascom, Alan Dundes, William W. Bascom

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Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/22/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Preface



Obas Ear: A Yoruba Myth in Cuba and Brazil



The Talking Skull Refuses to Talk



Trickster Seeks Endowments; Measuring the Snake; Challenging Birds (Insects) to Fill a Container; Milking a Cow (Deer) Stuck in a Tree



Birds Head (Leg) under Its Wing



Inside Cow's (Elephant's) Belly



Deer's Hoof and Ear; Dog and Dog Head



Holding the Rock



Taught an Incriminating Song (Saying)



Moon Splits Hare's Lip (Nose)



Dogs Rescue Master in Tree Refuge



Agreement to Sell Mothers; Agreement to Kill Mothers; "Cutta Cord-La!"



Knock Dust (Water) Out of Rock; Waiting on the Lord



Birds' Fasting (Singing) Contest



Diving Contest


Index