| AFRICAN FOLKTALES - Varios cuentos africanos en inglés |
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The Curse of the Chameleon (A Traditional Zulu Story)
Gogo breathed deeply of the cool evening air. She paused beneath the darkening sky, hands pressed into her back.
"Woza, Gogo!" called little Methembe, who, although he seemed to have unlimited energy, always waited for his granny. "Come on!" he encouraged as he turned and dashed up the final rise toward the homestead. Gogo chuckled, shook her head slowly and forced her feet to continue... (Leer más) |
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| AFRICAN FOLKTALES - Elephant and tortoise |
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| ELEPHANT AND TORTOISE
TWO powers, Elephant and Rain, had a dispute. Elephant said, "If you say that you nourish me, in what way is it that you do so?" Rain answered, "If you say that I do not nourish you, when I go away, will you not die? And Rain then departed.
Elephant said, "Vulture! cast lots to make rain for me."
Vulture said, "I will not cast lots."
Then Elephant said to Crow, "Cast lots! who answered, "Give the things with which I may... (Leer más) |
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| AFRICAN FOLKTALES - The fetich of Chilunga |
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THE FETISH OF CHILUNGA.
AT a place called Chilunga, north of Loango, there is a fetish called Boio, who by his representative in the flesh, a princess, rules the country with a rod of iron. His dwelling-place is the earth; and as people pass that part which is dedicated to him, they bear his voice. People place their offerings here, and while yet they are looking at them they disappear. The spirit, or... (Leer más) |
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| AFRICAN FOLKTALES - Lion's illness... |
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| LION'S ILLNESS
LION, it is said, was ill, and they all went to see him in his suffering. But Jackal did not go, because the traces of the people who went to see him did not turn back. Thereupon, he was accused by Hyena, who said, "Though I go to look, yet Jackal does not want to come and look at the man's sufferings."
Then Lion let Hyena go, in order that she might catch Jackal; and she did so, and brought him.
Lion asked Jackal: "Why did you... (Leer más) |
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