South-African Folk-Tales
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1. Front matter2. JAMES A. HONEŸ, M.D.3. INTRODUCTION4. ORIGIN OF THE DIFFERENCE IN MODES OF LIFE BETWEEN HOTTENTOTS AND BUSHMEN5. THE LOST MESSAGE6. THE MONKEY'S FIDDLE7. THE TIGER, THE RAM, AND THE JACKAL8. THE JACKAL AND THE WOLF9. A JACKAL AND A WOLF10. THE LION, THE JACKAL, AND THE MAN11. THE WORLD'S REWARD12. THE LION AND JACKAL13. TINK-TINKJE14. THE LION AND JACKAL15. LION AND JACKAL16. THE HUNT OF LION AND JACKAL17. STORY OF LION AND LITTLE JACKAL18. THE LIONESS AND THE OSTRICH19. CROCODILE'S TREASON20. THE STORY OF A DAM21. THE DANCE FOR WATER OR RABBIT'S TRIUMPH22. JACKAL AND MONKEY23. LION'S SHARE24. JACKAL'S BRIDE25. THE STORY OF HARE26. THE WHITE MAN AND SNAKE27. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE28. CLOUD-EATING29. LION'S ILLNESS30. JACKAL, DOVE, AND HERON31. COCK AND JACKAL32. ELEPHANT AND TORTOISE33. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE34. TORTOISES HUNTING OSTRICHES35. THE JUDGMENT OF BABOON36. LION AND BABOON37. THE ZEBRA STALLION38. WHEN LION COULD FLY39. LION WHO THOUGHT HIMSELF WISER THAN HIS MOTHER40. LION WHO TOOK A WOMAN'S SHAPE41. WHY HAS JACKAL A LONG BLACK STRIPE ON HIS BACK?42. HORSE CURSED BY SUN43. LION'S DEFEAT44. THE ORIGIN OF DEATH45. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE46. A THIRD VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE47. A FOURTH VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE48. A ZULU VERSION OF THE LEGEND OF THE "ORIGIN OF DEATH"49. LITERATURE