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South-African Folk-Tales

by James A. Honey

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Origin of the Difference in Modes of Life Between — Hottentots and…
  3. 3The Lost Message
  4. 4The Monkey’s Fiddle
  5. 5The Tiger, the Ram, and the Jackal
  6. 6The Jackal and the Wolf
  7. 7A Jackal and a Wolf
  8. 8The Lion, the Jackal, and the Man
  9. 9The World’s Reward
  10. 10The Lion and Jackal
  11. 11Tink-Tinkje
  12. 12The Lion and Jackal
  13. 13Lion and Jackal
  14. 14The Hunt of Lion and Jackal
  15. 15Story of Lion and Little Jackal
  16. 16The Lioness and the Ostrich
  17. 17Crocodile’s Treason
  18. 18The Story of a Dam
  19. 19The Dance for Water or Rabbit’s Triumph
  20. 20Jackal and Monkey
  21. 21Lion’s Share
  22. 22Jackal’s Bride
  23. 23The Story of Hare
  24. 24The White Man and Snake
  25. 25Another Version of the Same Fable
  26. 26Cloud-Eating
  27. 27Lion’s Illness
  28. 28Jackal, Dove, and Heron
  29. 29Cock and Jackal
  30. 30Elephant and Tortoise
  31. 31Another Version of the Same Fable
  32. 32Tortoises Hunting — Ostriches
  33. 33The Judgment of Baboon
  34. 34Lion and Baboon
  35. 35The Zebra Stallion
  36. 36When Lion Could Fly
  37. 37Lion Who Thought Himself — Wiser Than His Mother
  38. 38Lion Who Took a Woman’s Shape
  39. 39Why Has Jackal a Long — Black Stripe on His Back?
  40. 40Horse Cursed by Sun
  41. 41Lion’s Defeat
  42. 42The Origin of Death
  43. 43Another Version of the Same Fable
  44. 44A Third Version of the Same Fable
  45. 45A Fourth Version of the Same Fable
  46. 46A Zulu Version of the Legend of the “Origin of Death”
  47. 47Literature

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