Folklore and Fables: Some Tales from Western and Eastern Nigeria

Title

en_US Folklore and Fables: Some Tales from Western and Eastern Nigeria

Description

J.A. Danford, S.A. Fuja, and Cyprian Ekwensi

Creator

en_US Danford, J.A. See all items with this value

Date

2020-01-23T17:39:35Z

2015-07

en_US 1960

Date Available

2020-01-23T17:39:35Z

Date Issued

en_US 1953

Abstract

en_US In the midst of many pourquoi stories, this pamphlet of 32 pages in its second edition includes several fables. "A Trial of Strength" (18) is the old (Panchatantra?) tale of the clever tortoise pitting the elephant and hippo against each other but deceiving each to think that it was tortoise "with one hand" contesting with each. "How the Tortoise got the Pattern on his shell" (21) is a version of TT. "How the Dog became Domesticated" (25) is similar to TH: a bone distracts the dog from the race. The disappointed and embarrassed dog goes to the village and gets domesticated. A variety of sizes and styles of black-and-white art work illustrates the stories. The booklet closes with a page of twenty common proverbs from Eastern Nigeria.

Identifier

en_US 12017 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/125715

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Information Division of the Ministry of Information, Lagos, Nigeria

en_US Lagos, Nigeria

Subject

en_US GR351.3.F65 1960 See all items with this value

Nigeria See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value