ABSTRACT

First Published in 1970. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

part I|182 pages

Folk-lore and Folk-law

chapter I|13 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter II|18 pages

SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TALES

chapter III|17 pages

ANIMALS IN THE TALES

chapter IV|29 pages

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND VIRTUES

chapter V|36 pages

THE LORE OF THE FOLK

chapter VI|45 pages

CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS

chapter VII|31 pages

CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS (CONTINUED)

part II|274 pages

Hausa Tales, Variants, and Parallels

chapter 1|4 pages

THERE IS NO KING BUT GOD

chapter 3|4 pages

THE TENDER-HEARTED MAIDEN AND THE FISH

chapter 5|3 pages

THE FALSE FRIEND

chapter 6|2 pages

A LIE CAN GIVE MORE PAIN THAN A SPEAR

chapter 10|2 pages

THE BOY, THE GIRL, AND DODO

chapter 11|3 pages

FALSEHOOD IS MORE PROFITABLE THAN TRUTH

chapter 12|3 pages

VIRTUE PAYS BETTER THAN GREED

chapter 13|2 pages

THE VICTIM DOES NOT ALWAYS SEE THE JOKE

chapter 14|4 pages

DONO, THE ROBBER, AND THE MAGIC DOOR

chapter 17|3 pages

LITTLE FOOL, OR THE BITER BIT

chapter 18|2 pages

HOW THE SPIDER ATE THE HYÆNA-CUBS' FOOD

chapter 19|5 pages

THE SLAVE WHO WAS WISER THAN THE KING

chapter 20|1 pages

THE COCK BY HIS WIT SAVES HIS SKIN

chapter 21|2 pages

THE HEN SEEKS A CHARM FROM THE WILD-CAT

chapter 23|3 pages

THE GOAT FRIGHTENS THE HYÆNA

chapter 26|3 pages

THE CAMEL AND THE RUDE MONKEY

chapter 27|6 pages

THE BOY WHO WAS LUCKY IN TRADING

chapter 28|3 pages

ONE CANNOT HELP AN UNLUCKY MAN

chapter 29|8 pages

THE WONDERFUL RING

chapter 30|3 pages

THE GREEDY GIRL AND HER CURE

chapter 31|2 pages

THE GLUTTONS

chapter 32|3 pages

HOW DODO FRIGHTENED THE GREEDY MAN

chapter 33|4 pages

BORTORIMI AND THE SPIDER

chapter 34|4 pages

THE HYÆNA AND THE SPIDER VISIT A CHIEF

chapter 35|2 pages

THE HYÆNA CONFESSES HER GUILT

chapter 36|2 pages

THE GREEDY SPIDER AND THE BIRDS

chapter 37|2 pages

THE HARE OUTWITS THE HYÆNA

chapter 38|3 pages

EVERYTHING COMES TO HIM WHO WAITS

chapter 39|2 pages

THE LAZY FROG AND HIS PUNISHMENT

chapter 40|2 pages

THE SNAKE AND THE SCORPION

chapter 41|3 pages

THE SPIDER WHICH BOUGHT A DOG AS A SLAVE

chapter 42|2 pages

THE WOOING OF THE BASHFUL MAIDEN

chapter 44|6 pages

THE SON OF THE KING OF AGADDEZ

chapter 46|1 pages

THE WILD-CAT AND THE HEN

chapter 47|3 pages

THE DISHONEST FATHER

chapter 48|3 pages

THE CONTEST FOR DODO'S WIFE

chapter 49|2 pages

THE MAN AND HIS LAZY WIVES

chapter 50|3 pages

THE TWO WIVES, THE HYÆNA, AND THE DOVE

chapter 51|2 pages

THE MAN AND HIS WIVES, AND DODO

chapter 52|2 pages

THE WIFE WHO WOULD NOT WORK ALONE

chapter 54|2 pages

SOLOMON AND THE BIRDS

chapter 55|4 pages

THE KING WHO COVETED HIS SON'S WIFE

chapter 56|8 pages

THE GIRL WHO MARIED DODO'S SON

chapter 57|2 pages

THE MAN WHO MARRIED A MONKEY

chapter 58|3 pages

THE MONKEY-WOMAN

chapter 59|6 pages

THE DESPISED WIFE'S TRIUMPH

chapter 60|3 pages

THE GOOD KISHIA AND THE LUCKY BOY

chapter 61|2 pages

THE DETERMINED GIRL AND THE WICKED PARENTS

chapter 62|8 pages

THE WICKED GIRL AND HER PUNISHMENT

chapter 64|6 pages

THE ORIGIN OF THE WHITE-BREASTED CROW

chapter 65|3 pages

THE BRAVE MOTHER AND THE COWARDLY FATHER

chapter 66|4 pages

THE FIGHTING RAM

chapter 67|3 pages

THE LUCKY FOUNDLING

chapter 68|3 pages

THE WICKED FATHER AND THE KIND STRANGER

chapter 69|3 pages

THE WOMAN WHO COULD NOT KEEP A SECRET

chapter 70|4 pages

THE BOY WHO REFUSED TO WALK

chapter 71|4 pages

THE WOMAN WHO BORE A CLAY POT

chapter 73|2 pages

HOW THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL ESCAPED THE DODO

chapter 75|3 pages

DODO'S DEBT

chapter 76|3 pages

HOW THE EAGLE OUTWITTED THE TOWNSPEOPLE

chapter 77|7 pages

THE SPIDER PASSES ON A DEBT

chapter 78|2 pages

THE SPIDER PAYS HIS DEBTS

chapter 79|7 pages

THE YOUNGEST SON AND THE WISE EWE

chapter 80|14 pages

THE LUCKY YOUNGEST SON

chapter 81|2 pages

THE DIVISION OF THE INHERITANCE

chapter 82|4 pages

THE CITY OF WOMEN

chapter 83|5 pages

THE TOWN WHERE NONE MIGHT GO TO SLEEP

chapter 84|7 pages

THE MENDER OF MEN

chapter 85|2 pages

THE PORCUPINE BECOMES A STEP-FATHER

chapter 86|5 pages

HOW AUTA KILLED DODO

chapter 87|3 pages

HOW THE ZANKALLALA KILLED DODO

chapter 88|4 pages

THE WRESTLERS AND THE DEVIL

chapter 89|2 pages

THE TWO GIRLS AND THE DEMONS

chapter 90|3 pages

THE THREE YOUTHS AND THE THREE DEMONS

chapter 91|3 pages

THE UNGRATEFUL MEN

chapter 92|3 pages

THE MAN AND HIS WIVES WHO WERE WITCHES

chapter 93|5 pages

How THE ILL-TREATED MAIDEN BECAME RICH

chapter 94|5 pages

DAN-KUCHINGAYA AND THE WITCH

chapter 95|10 pages

THE BOY, THE WITCH, AND THE WONDERFUL HORSE

chapter 96|6 pages

THE BOY WHO CHEATED DEATH

chapter 97|3 pages

THE KING WITH THE CANNIBAL TASTES

chapter 98|4 pages

THE MANY-HEADED CANNIBALS

chapter 99|3 pages

WHY THE YOUNG GIANT LOST HIS STRENGTH

chapter 100|4 pages

THE BOY AND THE ONE-SIDED GIANTESS

part III|84 pages

Notes

chapter I|62 pages

ON THE TALES

chapter II|13 pages

ON TRIBAL MARKS

chapter III|12 pages

ON BORI