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Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria

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by Elphinstone Dayrell

Start Reading Contents Introduction I. The Tortise with a Pretty Daughter II. How a Hunter obtained Money from his Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and how he got out of repaying them III. The Woman with Two Skins IV. The King's Magic Drum V. Ituen and the King's Wife VI. Of the Pretty Stranger who Killed the King VII. Why the Bat flies by Night VIII. The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull IX. The King who Married the Cock's Daughter X. The Woman, the Ape, and the Child XI. The Fish and the Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish lives in the Water XII. Why the Bat is Ashamed to be seen in the Daytime XIII. Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground XIV. The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and why the Elephant has Small Eyes XV. Why a Hawk kills Chickens XVI. Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky XVII. Why the Flies Bother the Cows XVIII. Why the Cat kills Rats XIX. The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder XX. Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are bad Friends XXI. The Cock who caused a Fight between two Towns XXII. The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water XXIII. Why Dead People are Buried XXIV. Of the Fat Woman who Melted Away XXV. Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise XXVI. Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes XXVII. The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat XXVIII. The King and the Ju Ju Tree XXIX. How the Tortoise overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus XXX. Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women XXXI. How the Cannibals drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom)XXXII. The Lucky Fisherman XXXIII. The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone XXXIV. The Slave Girl who tried to Kill her Mistress XXXV. The King and the 'Nsiat Bird XXXVI. Concerning the Fate of Essido and his Evil Companions XXXVII. Concerning the Hawk and the Owl XXXVIII. The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators XXXIX. The 'Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird XL. The Election of the King Bird (the black and-white Fishing Eagle)