Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter, The
• How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and How He Got out of Repaying Them
• Woman with Two Skins, The
• King's Magic Drum, The
• Ituen and the King's Wife
• Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King
• Why the Bat Flies by Night
• Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull, The
• King Who Married the Cock's Daughter, The
• Woman, the Ape, and the Child, The
• Fish and the Leopard's Wife, The; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water
• Why the Bat Is Ashamed to Be Seen in the Daytime
• Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground
• Elephant and the Tortoise, The; or, Why the Worms Are Blind and Why the Elephant Has Small Eyes
• Why a Hawk Kills Chickens
• Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
• Why the Flies Bother the Cows
• Why the Cat Kills Rats
• Story of the Lightning and the Thunder, The
• Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant Are Bad Friends
• Cock Who Caused a Fight Between Two Towns, The
• Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise, The; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water
• Why Dead People Are Buried
• Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away
• Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise
• Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes
• Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat, THe
• King and the Ju Ju Tree, The
• How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus
• Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women
• How the Cannibals Drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom)
• Lucky Fisherman, The
• Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone, The
• Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress, THe
• King and the 'Nsiat Bird, The
• Concerning the Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions
• Concerning the Hawk and the Owl
• Story of the Drummer and the Alligators, The
• 'Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird, The
• Election of the King Bird, The (The Black-and-White Fishing Eagle)

Bibliographic Information

Book: Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa
Book Author/Editor: Dayrell, Elphinstone
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
Publication City: London
Year of Publication: 1910
Country of Origin: Nigeria
Notes: COMPLETE! Entered into SurLaLune Database in August 2018 with all known ATU Classifications.