Tales from the Basotho / translated from Afrikaans by Susie McDermid ; analytical notes, tale type and motif indexes by John M. Vlach

Author:: Postma, Minnie
Uniform Title:: Litsomo. English
Published:: Austin : Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press, [1974]
Physical Description:: xxv, 177 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

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Series:

Publications of the American Folklore Society. Memoir series, v. 59

Contents:

The giant bird Mothemelle -- Wolf and jackal and the beautiful girl -- The outcast -- Fenya-fenyane -- Hen, Hawk, and the needle -- Roaqo, the woman who ate people -- Tortoise and Dove -- The guilty woman -- Monyohe, the great snake of the deep waters -- Maliane and the water snake -- Molaetsane -- Obe, the monster of the dark canyon -- The dove, the heron, and jackal -- The mother-in-law and the clear water -- The milk tree -- Jackal and hen -- The whirlwind and the land of the half-men -- Nanabolele, who shines in the night -- Sheep and baboon -- The woman with the big thumbnail -- Tsananapa -- Masilo, Masilonyane, and the old woman -- The bride of Chief Bulane -- Bibliography: p. [175]-177.

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ISBN:

0292746083

Collection:

Charles L. Blockson Collection of African Americana and the African Diaspora.

Note:

Translation of Litsomo.

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