How Stories Came Into the World

How Stories Came Into the World

Author: Joanna Troughton

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9780216926059

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Once only Mouse knew, and kept to himself, the stories of how the world came to be until angry Lightning broke down Mouse's door and the stories escaped into the world.


West African Folk Tales

West African Folk Tales

Author: Hugh Vernon-Jackson

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-15

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0486149811

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Collection of traditional folk tales introduces a host of interesting people and unusual animals — among them "The Cricket and the Toad," "The Tortoise and His Broken Shell," and "The Boy in the Drum."


West African Folktales

West African Folktales

Author: J.K. Jackson

Publisher: Flame Tree 451

Published: 2021-10-12

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781839647802

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Tricksters and animals play an important role in West African folklore with stories that entertain but serve a moral purpose. Traditions and local tales revel in the antics of these characters: from Nigeria to Benin, from the cunning spider god Anansi to Agemo, the chameleon spirit deity of the Yoruba people, animals teach humans to farm, to love, to survive and thrive, and offer inspiration for moral purpose. This new collection is created for the modern reader. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and robots, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales, ancient and modern gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.


The Cow-Tail Switch

The Cow-Tail Switch

Author: Harold Courlander

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1987-03-15

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780805002980

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Contains seventeen stories gathered from the Ashantis of West Africa.


West African Folktales

West African Folktales

Author: Steven H. Gale

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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Readers everywhere and of any age will be both entertained and instructed by these timeless stories--more than 40 tales of human foibles, magic, and nature--representing fifteen countries, including Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, and Senegal.


West African Folk-tales

West African Folk-tales

Author: William Henry Barker

Publisher:

Published: 1917

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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Thirty-six tales from Africa's Gold Coast, include several "Anansi tales" as well as stories about many African animals.


African Myths & Tales

African Myths & Tales

Author:

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-07-07

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 1839643102

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Africa south of the Sahara is a land of wide-ranging traditions and varying cultures. Despite the diversity and the lack of early written records, the continent possesses a rich body of folk tales and legends that have been passed down through the strong custom of storytelling and which often share similar elements, characters and ideas between peoples. So this collection offers a hefty selection of legends and tales – stories of the gods, creation and origins, trickster exploits, animal fables and stories which entertain and edify – from ‘Obatala Creates Mankind’, from the Yoruba people of west Africa, to ‘The Girl Of The Early Race, Who Made Stars’, from the San people of southern Africa, all collected in a gorgeous gold-foiled and embossed hardback to treasure.


Anansi and the Box of Stories

Anansi and the Box of Stories

Author: Stephen Krensky

Publisher: Millbrook Press

Published: 2007-08-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1580136559

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The sky god Nyame owns all the stories in the world. He keeps them to himself in a box in his kingdom in the clouds. But Anansi thinks the stories should be shared by all creatures. So one day he strikes a bargain with the sky god. If Anansi can trick some of the earth’s fiercest and quickest creatures, Nyame will share his stories. Learn how Anansi wins the box of stories in this ancient tale from West Africa.