Myths and Legends of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Short Survey of History in particular of Lesotho The Tswana | 12 |
Short History of the Swazi | 28 |
Swazi Religion and Myths | 35 |
The Tales Sagas | 37 |
Moral Tales | 45 |
Fables | 46 |
The Oldest Tales 1 Heise and the Eyefooter | 51 |
The Children of the Turtle Doves | 154 |
The Girl and the Cannibal | 162 |
In Search of his Father | 165 |
Masilo | 169 |
Masilo and Thakane | 172 |
The Nyamatsane | 174 |
The Girl and the Bird | 177 |
The Maneating Woman | 181 |
Heise makes the Mountains | 52 |
Oriakise | 53 |
The Elephants Pride | 55 |
Why People hunt Baboons | 56 |
Why Animals do not speak 7 Hambagahle the Chameleon and the Message of Mulimu God | 57 |
The First People | 58 |
The Finding of the Fire | 61 |
Dimo the Monster | 65 |
Madila marries a Crocodile | 67 |
The Collared Crow | 70 |
Monyenyana | 73 |
Tswana | 76 |
Selekana and the River | 79 |
Matong and his Bull IX | 83 |
Salomone the Orphan | 89 |
Mosebodi | 92 |
Two Magic Birds | 95 |
The Hyena Men | 98 |
1 | 101 |
ModisaoaDipodi | 102 |
The EggPrince | 107 |
Polo | 110 |
Rasenkepeng and Motsesa | 111 |
The Milk Tree | 114 |
Mohales Daughter | 120 |
Monyohe | 122 |
The Moonprince | 126 |
The Two Sisters | 132 |
Totoana | 135 |
The Origin of Marriage | 137 |
The OstrichEgg Wife | 139 |
Sekolomi | 140 |
The Bride and the Monster | 143 |
Tselane and her Eater | 149 |
The Spirits of the Dead | 151 |
The MotherCow | 183 |
Masilonyano | 185 |
Thakane | 187 |
A Bride for the Chief | 191 |
Senkatane and the ManEating Monster | 193 |
The ElephantWife | 198 |
How Tsaile found a Husband | 200 |
The Wife who practised Witchcraft | 205 |
the Sorcerers Familiar | 208 |
Prince Madlebe | 210 |
The Woman and the Baboon | 214 |
MotherinLaw was a Witch | 216 |
Hlakanyane | 219 |
The Boy and his Bull | 222 |
The Two Brothers | 225 |
The Boy who had a Baby | 226 |
The Bird Prince | 229 |
Fables | 232 |
The Fox and the Hyena | 235 |
the Lions Share | 236 |
Lion and Baboon | 237 |
The Tortoise | 238 |
The Well | 240 |
Gratitude | 243 |
The Hyena and the Jackal | 245 |
The Jackal and the Lion | 246 |
Work | 247 |
Gemsbok and Zebra | 248 |
Kanka the Jackal and Wabayi the Crow | 249 |
11 | 250 |
44 | 251 |
67 | 252 |
79 | 253 |
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Common terms and phrases
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