South-African Folk-Tales: Contents

South-African Folk-Tales, by James A. Honeÿ, [1910], at sacred-texts.com

INTRODUCTION	1
ORIGIN OF THE DIFFERENCE IN MODES OF LIFE BETWEEN HOTTENTOTS AND BUSHMEN	8
THE LOST MESSAGE	10
THE MONKEY'S FIDDLE	14
THE TIGER, THE RAM, AND THE JACKAL	19
THE JACKAL AND THE WOLF	22
A JACKAL AND A WOLF	24
THE LION, THE JACKAL, AND THE MAN	25
THE WORLD'S REWARD	28
THE LION AND THE JACKAL	33
TINK-TINKJE	41
THE LION AND JACKAL	45
THE LION AND JACKAL	48
THE HUNT OF LION AND JACKAL	53
THE STORY OF LION AND LITTLE JACKAL	56
THE LIONESS AND THE OSTRICH	62
CROCODILE'S TREASON	64
THE STORY OF A DAM	73
THE DANCE FOR WATER OR RABBITS' TRIUMPH	79
JACKAL AND MONKEY	84
LION'S SHARE	87
JACKAL'S BRIDE	92
THE STORY OF HARE	94
THE WHITE MAN AND SNAKE	101
ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE	103
CLOUD EATING	105
LION'S ILLNESS	107
JACKAL, DOVE, AND HERON	109
COCK AND JACKAL	111
ELEPHANT AND TORTOISE	112
ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE	115
TORTOISE HUNTING OSTRICHES	117
THE JUDGMENT OF BABOON	118
LION AND BABOON	121
THE ZEBRA STALLION	122
WHEN LION COULD FLY	124
LION WHO THOUGHT HIMSELF WISER THAN HIS MOTHER	126
LION WHO TOOK A WOMAN'S SHAPE	129
WHY HAS JACKAL A LONG BLACK STRIPE ON HIS BACK?	137
HORSE CURSED BY SUN	138
LION'S DEFEAT	139
THE ORIGIN OF DEATH	141
ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE	143
A THIRD VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE	144
A FOURTH VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE	146
A ZULU VERSION OF THE LEGEND OF THE ''ORIGIN OF DEATH''	147
LITERATURE ON SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-LORE	148

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