West African Folk-Tales
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1. Front matter2. CONTENTS3. ILLUSTRATIONS4. INTRODUCTION5. I. HOW WE GOT THE NAME ‘SPIDER TALES’6. II. HOW WISDOM BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE7. III. ANANSI AND NOTHING8. IV. THUNDER AND ANANSI9. V. WHY THE LIZARD CONTINUALLY MOVES HIS HEAD UP AND DOWN10. VI. TIT FOR TAT11. VII. WHY WHITE ANTS ALWAYS HARM MAN’S PROPERTY12. VIII. THE SQUIRREL AND THE SPIDER13. IX. WHY WE SEE ANTS CARRYING BUNDLES AS BIG AS THEMSELVES14. X. WHY SPIDERS ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE CORNERS OF CEILINGS15. XI. ANANSI THE BLIND FISHERMAN16. XII. ADZANUMEE AND HER MOTHER17. XIII. THE GRINDING-STONE THAT GROUND FLOUR BY ITSELF18. XIV. “MORNING SUNRISE”19. XV. WHY THE SEA-TURTLE WHEN CAUGHT BEATS ITS BREAST WITH ITS FORE-LEGS20. XVI. HOW BEASTS AND SERPENTS FIRST CAME INTO THE WORLD21. XVII. HONOURABLE MINŪ22. XVIII. WHY THE MOON AND THE STARS RECEIVE THEIR LIGHT FROM THE SUN23. XIX. OHIA AND THE THIEVING DEER24. XX. HOW THE TORTOISE GOT ITS SHELL25. XXI. THE HUNTER AND THE TORTOISE26. XXII. THE TAIL OF THE PRINCESS ELEPHANT27. XXIII. KWOFI AND THE GODS28. XXIV. THE LION AND THE WOLF29. ‘I will die God’s death’ and ‘I will die the King’s death’30. XXVI. THE ROBBER AND THE OLD MAN31. XXVII. THE LEOPARD AND THE RAM32. XXVIII. WHY THE LEOPARD CAN ONLY CATCH PREY ON ITS LEFT SIDE33. (The Bad Boy)34. XXX. KING CHAMELEON AND THE ANIMALS35. XXXI. TO LOSE AN ELEPHANT FOR THE SAKE OF A WREN IS A VERY FOOLISH THING TO DO36. XXXII. THE UNGRATEFUL MAN37. XXXIII. WHY TIGERS NEVER ATTACK MEN UNLESS THEY ARE PROVOKED38. XXXIV. THE OMANHENE WHO LIKED RIDDLES39. XXXV. HOW MUSHROOMS FIRST GREW40. XXXVI. FARMER MYBROW AND THE FAIRIES