Tales from the Basotho / / Minnie Postma.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Postma, Minnie,
• MitwirkendeR: Jansen, Hugh,
• TeilnehmendeR: McDermid, Susie.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: American Folklore Society Memoir Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 p.)

"They say that the eldest of the chief's daughters." So begins a tale from the Basotho, unfolded by the meager light of a dung fire that burns smokily behind the reed screen sheltering the entrance of the hut. The old ones of the tribe wait until dark before telling their stories, for...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Translator's Introduction
• The Tales
• 1. The Giant Bird Mothemelle
• 2. Wolf and Jackal and the Beautiful Girl
• 3. The Outcast
• 4. Fenya-fenyane
• 5. Hen, Hawk, and the Needle
• 6. Roaqo, the Woman Who Ate People
• 7. Tortoise and Dove
• 8. The Guilty Woman
• 9. Monyohe, the Great Snake of the Deep Waters
• 10. Maliane and the Water Snake
• 11. Molaetsane
• 12. Obe, the Monster of the Dark Canyon
• 13. The Dove, the Heron, and Jackal
• 14. The Mother-in-Law and the Clear Water
• 15. The Milk Tree
• 16. Jackal and Hen
• 17. The Whirlwind and the Land of the Half-men
• 18. Nanabolele, Who Shines in the Night
• 19. Sheep and Baboon
• 20. The Woman with the Big Thumbnail
• 21. Tsananapa
• 22. Masilo, Masilonyane, and the Old Woman
• 23. The Bride of Chief Bulane
• Appendix: Index of motifs, of tale types, and comparable . African folktales
• Bibliography