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Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa

Elphinstone Dayrell (1869 - 1917)

A collection of folk stories and fairy tales from Southern Nigeria gathered by Elphinstone Dayrell, deputy commissioner of the region when the book was published. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn

Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Nature & Animal Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): animals (406), fairy tales (263), africa (87), folk tales (26), nigeria (3)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Introduction	Farnood	00:19:33
Play 01	The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter	PhyllisV	00:11:14
Play 02	How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them	PhyllisV	00:09:34
Play 03	The Woman with Two Skins	PhyllisV	00:17:59
Play 04	The King’s Magic Drum	PhyllisV	00:17:39
Play 05	Ituen and the King’s Wife	PhyllisV	00:08:00
Play 06	Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King	PhyllisV	00:06:16
Play 07	Why the Bat Flies by Night	Stefan Von Blon	00:03:24
Play 08	The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull	PhyllisV	00:07:37
Play 09	The King Who Married the Cock’s Daughter	PhyllisV	00:08:35
Play 10	Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child	PhyllisV	00:06:52
Play 11	The Fish and the Leopard’s Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water	Anita Sloma-Martinez	00:02:38
Play 12	Why the Bat is Ashamed to be Seen in the Daytime	ceekay	00:07:05
Play 13	Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground	Kathrine Engan	00:02:47
Play 14	The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and the Elephant Has Small Eyes	Kathrine Engan	00:05:39
Play 15	Why A Hawk Kills Chickens	Kathrine Engan	00:03:32
Play 16	Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky	Anita Sloma-Martinez	00:02:47
Play 17	Why the Flies Bother the Cows	Anita Sloma-Martinez	00:02:12
Play 18	Why the Cat Kills Rats	Farnood	00:02:07
Play 19	The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder	Farnood	00:02:20
Play 20	Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant Are Bad Friends	JT	00:05:35
Play 21	The Cock Who Caused A Fight Between Two Towns	Paul Brian Stewart	00:04:44
Play 22	The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water	Paul Brian Stewart	00:03:27
Play 23	Why Dead People Are Buried	Paul Brian Stewart	00:02:47
Play 24	Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away	Paul Brian Stewart	00:04:16
Play 25	Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise	Paul Brian Stewart	00:07:55
Play 26	Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes	Paul Brian Stewart	00:02:51
Play 27	The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat	Paul Brian Stewart	00:07:31
Play 28	The King and the Ju Ju Tree	John	00:07:58
Play 29	How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus	Paul Brian Stewart	00:03:54
Play 30	Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women	Elizabeth Jenkins	00:12:31
Play 31	How the Cannibals Drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom)	Jordan Cline	00:05:01
Play 32	The Lucky Fisherman	Jordan Cline	00:03:46
Play 33	The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone	Kathrine Engan	00:08:17
Play 34	The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress	Tim van der Scheer	00:11:05
Play 35	The King and the ‘Nsiat Bird	Tim van der Scheer	00:03:29
Play 36	Concerning the Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions	JT	00:12:34
Play 37	Concerning the Hawk and the Owl	Mary Frances	00:04:27
Play 38	The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators	Tim van der Scheer	00:14:03
Play 39	The ‘Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird	Nan Dodge	00:04:47
Play 40	The Election of the King Bird (The Black-and-White Fishing Eagle)	Nan Dodge	00:06:51

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