West African Folk-Tales

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1. Source Note · Free
2. INTRODUCTION · Free
3. I. HOW WE GOT THE NAME ‘SPIDER TALES’ · Free
4. II. HOW WISDOM BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE · Free
5. III. ANANSI AND NOTHING · Free
6. IV. THUNDER AND ANANSI · US$0.16
7. V. WHY THE LIZARD CONTINUALLY MOVES HIS HEAD UP AND DOWN · US$0.16
8. VI. TIT FOR TAT · US$0.16
9. VII. WHY WHITE ANTS ALWAYS HARM MAN’S PROPERTY · US$0.16
10. VIII. THE SQUIRREL AND THE SPIDER · US$0.16
11. IX. WHY WE SEE ANTS CARRYING BUNDLES AS BIG AS THEMSELVES · US$0.15
12. X. WHY SPIDERS ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE CORNERS OF CEILINGS · US$0.15
13. XI. ANANSI THE BLIND FISHERMAN · US$0.15
14. XII. ADZANUMEE AND HER MOTHER · US$0.15
15. XIII. THE GRINDING-STONE THAT GROUND FLOUR BY ITSELF · US$0.15
16. XIV. “MORNING SUNRISE” · US$0.15
17. XV. WHY THE SEA-TURTLE WHEN CAUGHT BEATS ITS BREAST WITH ITS FORE-LEGS · US$0.15
18. XVI. HOW BEASTS AND SERPENTS FIRST CAME INTO THE WORLD · US$0.15
19. XVII. HONOURABLE MINŪ · US$0.15
20. XVIII. WHY THE MOON AND THE STARS RECEIVE THEIR LIGHT FROM THE SUN · US$0.15
21. XIX. OHIA AND THE THIEVING DEER · US$0.15
22. XX. HOW THE TORTOISE GOT ITS SHELL · US$0.15
23. XXI. THE HUNTER AND THE TORTOISE · US$0.15
24. XXII. THE TAIL OF THE PRINCESS ELEPHANT · US$0.15
25. XXIII. KWOFI AND THE GODS · US$0.15
26. XXIV. THE LION AND THE WOLF · US$0.15
27. XXV. MAKU MAWU AND MAKU FIA · US$0.15
28. XXVI. THE ROBBER AND THE OLD MAN · US$0.15
29. XXVII. THE LEOPARD AND THE RAM · US$0.15
30. XXVIII. WHY THE LEOPARD CAN ONLY CATCH PREY ON ITS LEFT SIDE · US$0.15
31. XXIX. QUARCOO BAH-BONI · US$0.15
32. XXX. KING CHAMELEON AND THE ANIMALS · US$0.15
33. XXXI. TO LOSE AN ELEPHANT FOR THE SAKE OF A WREN IS A VERY FOOLISH THING TO DO · US$0.15
34. XXXII. THE UNGRATEFUL MAN · US$0.15
35. XXXIII. WHY TIGERS NEVER ATTACK MEN UNLESS THEY ARE PROVOKED · US$0.15
36. XXXIV. THE OMANHENE WHO LIKED RIDDLES · US$0.15
37. XXXV. HOW MUSHROOMS FIRST GREW · US$0.15
38. XXXVI. FARMER MYBROW AND THE FAIRIES · US$0.15