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Title
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Der Knabe und der Löwe: Geschichten und Fabeln aus Liberia
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
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Language note: German
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Original language: eng
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1. Auflage
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Bai Gai Kiahon-Liberia; Translated from English by Annemarie von Welk
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Creator
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Creel, J. Luke
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Contributor
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Zacharias, Alfred
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:04:51Z
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1999-06
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1962
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:04:51Z
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Date Issued
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1962
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Abstract
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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.
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Identifier
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7317 (Access ID)
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Language
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ger
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Publisher
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Lucas Cranach Verlag
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Munich
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Subject
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GR360.L5 C713 1962
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Liberia
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole