SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-TALES
SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-TALES
BY James A. Honey, M.D.
NEW YORK THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY 1910
COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY
Published, November, 1910
THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO C. F. H. AND F. I. G.
CONTENTS
PAGE
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 42
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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