Der Knabe und der Löwe: Geschichten und Fabeln aus Liberia

Title

en_US Der Knabe und der Löwe: Geschichten und Fabeln aus Liberia

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US Original language: eng

en_US 1. Auflage

en_US Bai Gai Kiahon-Liberia; Translated from English by Annemarie von Welk

Creator

en_US Creel, J. Luke See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Zacharias, Alfred

Date

2016-01-25T20:04:51Z

en_US 1999-06

en_US 1962

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:04:51Z

Date Issued

en_US 1962

Abstract

en_US This is a German translation of Folk Tales of Liberia by T.S. Denison in Minneapolis. There are thirteen stories here on 7-151. Folk tales is probably a better description than Fabeln. I tried one: Die Spinne und das Glühwürmchen (15-25). The spider, always a thief, turned to the more honorable glow-worm to build a partnership in a time of famine. Together they regularly stole at night the fish caught in a leopard's traps, but, as the glow-worm noticed, the spider ate almost all the profits. So one night the glow-worm suddenly disappeared in the midst of their work. The spider with great effort dragged one fish to what she thought was her own home, but landed instead in the leopard's home -- and then fell fast asleep from her strenuous efforts. The leopard woke up and immediately understood why his take of fish had dropped off recently. He tied up the spider's legs and beat her unmercifully but did not notice that the beating loosened the cords tying up the spider. The spider got away, but still had the tight binding around her middle. For fear of cutting herself apart, she left it. The spider's body has never recovered and is still tight around the middle. The glow-worm out of guilt now shines whenever and wherever it can. There may be a fable at the heart of these highly developed stories.

Identifier

en_US 7317 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82588

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Lucas Cranach Verlag

en_US Munich

Subject

en_US GR360.L5 C713 1962 See all items with this value

en_US Liberia See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole