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West African Folk-Tales

By W. H. Barker e Cecilia Sinclair

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Public-domain source edition of West African Folk-Tales, associated with the Gold Coast and Ghana in the Literunico World Cup project.

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38 chapters · English
  1. 01Source NoteFree
  2. 02INTRODUCTIONFree
  3. 03I. HOW WE GOT THE NAME ‘SPIDER TALES’Free
  4. 04II. HOW WISDOM BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACEFree
  5. 05III. ANANSI AND NOTHINGFree
  6. 06IV. THUNDER AND ANANSIUS$0.16
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  1. 07V. WHY THE LIZARD CONTINUALLY MOVES HIS HEAD UP AND DOWNUS$0.16 ↗
  2. 08VI. TIT FOR TATUS$0.16 ↗
  3. 09VII. WHY WHITE ANTS ALWAYS HARM MAN’S PROPERTYUS$0.16 ↗
  4. 10VIII. THE SQUIRREL AND THE SPIDERUS$0.16 ↗
  5. 11IX. WHY WE SEE ANTS CARRYING BUNDLES AS BIG AS THEMSELVESUS$0.15 ↗
  6. 12X. WHY SPIDERS ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE CORNERS OF CEILINGSUS$0.15 ↗
  7. 13XI. ANANSI THE BLIND FISHERMANUS$0.15 ↗
  8. 14XII. ADZANUMEE AND HER MOTHERUS$0.15 ↗
  9. 15XIII. THE GRINDING-STONE THAT GROUND FLOUR BY ITSELFUS$0.15 ↗
  10. 16XIV. “MORNING SUNRISE”US$0.15 ↗
  11. 17XV. WHY THE SEA-TURTLE WHEN CAUGHT BEATS ITS BREAST WITH ITS FORE-LEGSUS$0.15 ↗
  12. 18XVI. HOW BEASTS AND SERPENTS FIRST CAME INTO THE WORLDUS$0.15 ↗
  13. 19XVII. HONOURABLE MINŪUS$0.15 ↗
  14. 20XVIII. WHY THE MOON AND THE STARS RECEIVE THEIR LIGHT FROM THE SUNUS$0.15 ↗
  15. 21XIX. OHIA AND THE THIEVING DEERUS$0.15 ↗
  16. 22XX. HOW THE TORTOISE GOT ITS SHELLUS$0.15 ↗
  17. 23XXI. THE HUNTER AND THE TORTOISEUS$0.15 ↗
  18. 24XXII. THE TAIL OF THE PRINCESS ELEPHANTUS$0.15 ↗
  19. 25XXIII. KWOFI AND THE GODSUS$0.15 ↗
  20. 26XXIV. THE LION AND THE WOLFUS$0.15 ↗
  21. 27XXV. MAKU MAWU AND MAKU FIAUS$0.15 ↗
  22. 28XXVI. THE ROBBER AND THE OLD MANUS$0.15 ↗
  23. 29XXVII. THE LEOPARD AND THE RAMUS$0.15 ↗
  24. 30XXVIII. WHY THE LEOPARD CAN ONLY CATCH PREY ON ITS LEFT SIDEUS$0.15 ↗
  25. 31XXIX. QUARCOO BAH-BONIUS$0.15 ↗
  26. 32XXX. KING CHAMELEON AND THE ANIMALSUS$0.15 ↗
  27. 33XXXI. TO LOSE AN ELEPHANT FOR THE SAKE OF A WREN IS A VERY FOOLISH THING TO DOUS$0.15 ↗
  28. 34XXXII. THE UNGRATEFUL MANUS$0.15 ↗
  29. 35XXXIII. WHY TIGERS NEVER ATTACK MEN UNLESS THEY ARE PROVOKEDUS$0.15 ↗
  30. 36XXXIV. THE OMANHENE WHO LIKED RIDDLESUS$0.15 ↗
  31. 37XXXV. HOW MUSHROOMS FIRST GREWUS$0.15 ↗
  32. 38XXXVI. FARMER MYBROW AND THE FAIRIESUS$0.15 ↗

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