Myths and Legends of the BantuFirst Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I INTRODUCTORY | 15 |
WHERE Man came from AND HOW Death came | 28 |
LEGENDS OF THE HIGH GODS | 40 |
THE HEAVEN COUNTRY AND THE HEAVEN PEOPLE | 50 |
MORTALS WHO HAVE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN | 66 |
THE GHOSTS AND THE GHOST COUNTRY 81 888 | 81 |
THE AVENGER OF BLOOD | 99 |
HEROES AND DEMIGODS | 112 |
OF WEREWOLVES HALFMEN GNOMES GOBLINS AND OTHER MONSTERS | 192 |
THE SWALLOWING MONSTER | 206 |
LIGHTNING THUNDER RAIN AND THE RAINBOW | 222 |
DOCTORS PROPHETS AND WITCHES | 235 |
BRER RABBIT IN AFRICA | 252 |
LEGENDS OF THE TORTOISE | 273 |
STORIES OF SOME OTHER ANIMALS | 291 |
SOME STORIES WHICH HAVE TRAVELLED | 307 |
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Common terms and phrases
African Akamba Angola animals answered appears asked assagai baby Bahati Bantu Bantu languages Baronga Basuto beast began bird Brer Brer Rabbit brother brought Bushmen called carried cattle Chaminuka chief child daughter dead death dogs drum earth eaten elephant father fire Folk-tales folklore frog gave ghosts girl give gone gourd ground hare heard Hlakanyana husband Huveane hyena Imana Kachirambe Kalunga Kilindi killed kraal Kwege Lamba legend leopard lion Liongo living look Masilonyane Mbega Miseke monster mother Murile never ng'anzi Ngondo Nyanja Nyasaland ogre once parents Pokomo reached refused returned river Ronga Ruanda Ryang'ombe sang seems seen seized sent Shebuge snake spirit story Sudika-Mbambi Swahili swallowed tale tell told took tortoise tree tribes Tumbuka Uncle Remus Unkulunkulu usual village Vuga wife word Xosa young Zulu