- 1Introduction
- 2I — Anansi, or Spider, Tales
- 3II — How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race
- 4III — Anansi and Nothing
- 5IV — Thunder and Anansi
- 6V — Why the Lizard Continually Moves His Head Up and Down
- 7VI — Tit for Tat
- 8VII — Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property
- 9VIII — The Squirrel and the Spider
- 10IX — Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles as Big as Themselves
- 11X — Why Spiders Are Always Found in the Corners of Ceilings
- 12XI — Anansi the Blind Fisherman
- 13XII — Adzanumee and Her Mother
- 14XIII — The Grinding-Stone That Ground Flour by Itself
- 15XIV — “Morning Sunrise”
- 16XV — Why the Sea-Turtle When Caught Beats Its Breast With Its Fore-…
- 17XVI — How Beasts and Serpents First Came Into the World
- 18XVII — Honourable Minū
- 19XVIII — Why the Moon and the Stars Receive Their Light From the Sun
- 20II | Miscellaneous Tales
- 21XX — How the Tortoise Got Its Shell
- 22XXI — The Hunter and the Tortoise
- 23XXII — The Tail of the Princess Elephant
- 24XXIII — Kwofi and the Gods
- 25XXIV — The Lion and the Wolf
- 26XXV | Maku Mawu and Maku Fia or
- 27XXVI — The Robber and the Old Man
- 28XXVII — The Leopard and the Ram
- 29XXVIII — Why the Leopard Can Only Catch Prey on Its Left Side
- 30XXIX | Quarcoo Bah-Boni
- 31XXX — King Chameleon and the Animals
- 32XXXI — To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren Is a Very Foolish…
- 33XXXII — The Ungrateful Man
- 34XXXIII — Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless They Are Provoked
- 35XXXIV — The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles
- 36XXXV — How Mushrooms First Grew
- 37XXXVI — Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies
West African Folk-Tales
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