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“In his hands, therefore, the traditional lore loses nothing of its authentic form and flavour. In short, the chance of literary manipulation may be ruled out….. The reader will come to understand the thoughts and ways of the Hausas as they are now. Their notions about right and wrong, for instance, are indicated pretty clearly by many of the animal stories; seeing that each animal tends to represent a type of character calling either for admiration or detestation, and, being more or less humanized into the bargain, affords a nucleus round which a nascent moral philosophy can be observed to gather.” -Robert Ranulph Marett
These classic stories are presented in much the same way as Aesop’s fables. These legends of Hausa Folklore explain the origin of the spider, the cause of thunder, and how the wasp got its small waist. These fables personify morals and principled custom by using characterizations such as witches, chiefs, beautiful maidens, orphans, hunters, and giants.
Table of Contents
PART 1
PREFACE
AUTHOR’S NOTE
A SHORT HISTORY, PURPORTING TO GIVE THE ORIGIN OF THE HAUSA NATION AND THE STORY OF THEIR CONVERSION TO THE MOHAMMEDAN RELIGION
PART II: STORIES IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE THE HEROES AND HEROINES
THE STORY OF THE SLAVE BY NAME ‘THE WORLD’
HOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS FIRST CAME TO QUARREL AND HATE EACH OTHER
THE STORY OF THE BOY AND THE OLD WOMAN, AND HOW THE WASP GOT HIS SMALL WAIST
THE STORY ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN, AND HOW THE HARTEBEEST GOT THE MARKS UNDER ITS EYES LIKE TEARDROPS
HOW THE WHIP AND THE ‘MAARA’ SPOON (A BROKEN BIT OF CALABASH) CAME TO THE HAUNTS OF MEN
A STORY ABOUT A CHIEF, AND HOW HIS SONS OBSERVED HIS FUNERAL, AND THE ORIGIN OF THE SPIDER
A STORY ABOUT AN ORPHAN, SHOWING THAT ‘HE WHO SOWS EVIL, IT COMES FORTH IN HIS OWN GARDEN’
A STORY ABOUT A WITCH, AND HOW THE BABY OF THE FAMILY OUTWITTED HER, AND INVENTED THE FIRST WALLED TOWN
THE DOCTOR WHO WENT A PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA ON A HYENA
A STORY ABOUT A CHIEF AND HIS COOK
A STORY ABOUT THREE YOUTHS ALL SKILLED IN CERTAIN THINGS, AND HOW THEY USED THAT SKILL TO CIRCUMVENT A DIFFICULTY
A STORY ABOUT A GIANT, AND THE CAUSE OF THUNDER
A STORY ABOUT AN ORPHAN WHICH WAS THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING ‘THE ORPHAN WITH A COAT OF SKIN IS HATED, BUT WHEN IT IS A METAL ONE HE IS HONOURED’
A STORY OF A JEALOUS MAN AND WHAT BEFELL HIM
A STORY OF A GREAT FRIENDSHIP AND HOW IT WAS PUT TO THE TEST
A STORY ABOUT A TEST OF SKILL
A STORY ABOUT MISS SALT, MISS PEPPER
THE STORY OF MUUSA (MOSES) AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT THAT BROTHERS AND SISTERS DO NOT MARRY EACH OTHER
A STORY ABOUT A HUNTER AND HIS SON
A STORY ABOUT A MAIDEN AND THE PUMPKIN
THE GAAWOO-TREE AND THE MAIDEN, AND THE FIRST PERSON WHO EVER WENT MAD
Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 6, 2014)
Language : English
Paperback : 62 pages
ISBN-10 : 1501081004
ISBN-13 : 978-1501081002
Item Weight : 7.7 ounces
Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.14 x 11 inches
