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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: The Importance of Patak�s | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Okana | |
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| The Separation of Heaven and Earth | |
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| The Separation of Sky and Earth | |
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| The Story of the Maja | |
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| Obatal�'s Favorite Dove, or, How the Cat Lost His Dinner | |
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| The Birth of the Dead Sea | |
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| How Osain Became an Herbalist | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Eji Oko | |
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| The Story of Rain and Drought | |
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| The Birth of Rain | |
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| The Sickness of the Swamp | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Ogunda | |
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| Why the Cat Is Chased But Not Caught | |
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| How the Cat and the Ferret Became Enemies | |
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| Where the Goat Was First Sacrificed | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Irosun | |
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| The Sun, the Moon, the Fire, and the Water | |
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| The War between Fire and Water | |
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| The Cat, the Rat, and the Fish | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Oche | |
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| Poverty and Hunger | |
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| The Birth of Menstruation | |
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| How the Hummingbird Was Born | |
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| Even a Woman Can Hunt | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Obara | |
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| The Mountain | |
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| Money is Trouble, and Trouble Is Death | |
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| How the Rosary Bead Plant Got Its Ashe | |
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| The Kingdom of Earth, the Kingdom of Heaven | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Od� | |
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| Iroko, the Tree of Life | |
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| How the Birds Got Their Wings | |
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| How the Maraca Was Born | |
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| The Pact of the Hand and the Anus | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Unle | |
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| The Rock and the Cactus | |
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| How the Moon Fooled the Sun and Saved the Earth | |
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| The Waxing and Waning of the Moon | |
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| Ek�n Fails to Make Eb� | |
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| The Tale of Cotton | |
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| The Calabash of Ashe | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Osa | |
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| How the Frog Got Its Poison | |
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| The Birth of Red Blood Cells | |
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| How the Turtle Won the Race | |
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| Why Butterflies Stay in the Country | |
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| Why the Sea Is Salty | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Of�n | |
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| How the Pigeon Was First Sacrificed | |
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| Why Or�nmila Eats Hens, and Not Roosters | |
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| Ananagu: How Osogbo Was Freed in the World | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Owani | |
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| The Old Woman and the Leopard | |
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| The Osogbos (Misfortunes) and the �k�ko (Rooster) | |
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| The Earth and the Wind | |
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| Patak�s from the Composites of Ejila Shebora | |
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| The Lands of Lesa and Mogue | |
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| The Hunter and the Leopard | |
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| The Tale of the Spiders | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |