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Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria

by Elphinstone Dayrell

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2I — The Tortoise With a Pretty Daughter
  3. 3II — How a Hunter Obtained Money From His Friends the Leopard, Goat…
  4. 4III — The Woman With Two Skins
  5. 5IV — The King’s Magic Drum
  6. 6V — Ituen and the King’s Wife
  7. 7VI — Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King
  8. 8VII — Why the Bat Flies by Night
  9. 9VIII — The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull
  10. 10IX — The King Who Married the Cock’s Daughter
  11. 11X — The Woman, the Ape, and the Child
  12. 12XI — The Fish and the Leopard’s Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the…
  13. 13XII — Why the Bat Is Ashamed to Be Seen in the Daytime
  14. 14XIII — Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground
  15. 15XIV — The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms Are Blind an…
  16. 16XV — Why a Hawk Kills Chickens
  17. 17XVI — Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
  18. 18XVII — Why the Flies Bother the Cows
  19. 19XVIII — Why the Cat Kills Rats
  20. 20XIX — The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder
  21. 21XX — Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant Are Bad Friends
  22. 22XXI — The Cock Who Caused a Fight Between Two Towns
  23. 23XXII — The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the…
  24. 24XXIII — Why Dead People Are Buried
  25. 25XXIV — Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away
  26. 26XXV — Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise
  27. 27XXVI — Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes
  28. 28XXVII — The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat
  29. 29XXVIII — The King and the Ju Ju Tree
  30. 30XXIX — How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus
  31. 31XXX — Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women
  32. 32XXXI — How the Cannibals Drove the People From Insofan Mountain to…
  33. 33XXXII — The Lucky Fisherman
  34. 34XXXIII — The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone
  35. 35XXXIV — The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress
  36. 36XXXV — The King and the ‘Nsiat Bird
  37. 37XXXVI — Concerning the Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions
  38. 38XXXVII — Concerning the Hawk and the Owl
  39. 39XXXVIII — The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators
  40. 40XXXIX — The ‘Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird
  41. 41XL — The Election of the King Bird (the Black-and-White Fishing Eagle)

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