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West African Folktales
How Spider Obtained the Sky-God's Stories
How the First Rain Came
The Origin of Death
The Origin of Death
The Origin of Death
How Diseases Came to the Ashanti
How the Mason-Wasp Fetched Fire from God
How Kintu was Tested before He Could Marry the Daughter of the King of Heaven
The Son of Kimanaueze and the Daughter of Sun and Moon
The Blue-Jay Who Married the Daughter of God
Mantis Creates and Eland
The Separation of God from Man
Why the Chief of the Smiths Was Unable to Create Human Beings
How Spider Read the Sky-God's Thoughts
The Creator Nyame and His Four Wives
How Abosom, the Lesser Gods, Came into the World
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
The Sun and the Children
The Brothers, Sun and Moon, and the Pretty Girl
The Son of the Wind
How the Stars Came
Mantis and the All-Devourer
The Fox and the Wolf
The Elephant and the Tortoise
The Frog and Umdhlubu
The Caterpillar and the Wild Animals
The Gazelle and the Leopard
The Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise
The Hare, the Hyena, and the Lioness's Cave
Nwashisisana, the Hare
Master Rabbit and the Berries
How It Came About That We Shall Always See Okra the Cat Lying on a Velvet Cushion, While Okraman the Dog Sleeps Among the Ashes of the Kitchen Fire
How It Came About That the Hinder Part of Kwaku Ananse the Spider Became Big, at the Expense of His Head, Which Is Small
Why There Are Cracks in Tortoise's Shell
Why Some Animals Became Domesticated
How Honey-Guide Came to Have Authority over Honey
The Bird That Made Milk
The Man and the Snake
How Elephant Married a Nama Woman and Was Deceived by Her
How Kwaku Ananse Got Aso in Marriage
The Young Man Who Was Carried Off by a Lion
How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, the Goat, the Bush Cat, and the Cokc, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them
The Little Wise Woman
Zimwa-mbanje the Hemp Smoker
Konyek and His Father
The Lost Sister
The Woman and the Children of the Sycamore Tree
The Girl Who Stayed in the Fork of a Tree
How an Unborn Child Avenged Its Mother's Death
The Woman Who Killed Her Co-Wife
The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress
The Smart Man and the Fool
The Greed of the Old Man and His Wife
How Contradiction Came to the Ashanti
How It Came About That One Person Does Not Reveal the Origin from Which Another Person Comes
Why a Girl Should Marry Him to Whom She is Given in Marriage
How It Came About That Children Were First Whipped
Why It Is That the Elders Say We Should Not Repeat Sleeping-Mat Confidences
Why You Should Let Your Kinsman Accompany You When He Asks to Go Along
If Someone Does Good to You, You Should Do Good in Return
Untombinde, the Tall Maiden
The Wonder-Worker of the Plains
The Enchanted Guinea-Fowl
The Adventures of Mrile
The Handsome Ogre-Girl of the Pool
The Town Where None Might Go to Sleep
The City Where Men Are Mended
M'wambia and the N'jenge
The Child and the Eagle
The Fat Woman Who Melted Away
The Cherry-Pickers
Ngomba's Basket
The Beautiful Girl Who Had No Teeth
The Girl Who Was Sacrificed by Her Kin and Whom Her Lover Brought Back from Below
The Wicked Girl and Her Punishment
The Old Woman Who Stole Milk
The Wife Who Are the Wrong Porridge
The Twin Brothers
Kenkebe
The Giant of the Great Water
A Woman for a Hundred Cattle
