BY

JAMES A. HONEŸ, M.D.

CONTENTS

SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-TALES

INTRODUCTION

ORIGIN OF THE DIFFERENCE IN MODES OF LIFE BETWEEN HOTTENTOTS AND BUSHMEN

THE LOST MESSAGE

THE MONKEY'S FIDDLE

THE TIGER, THE RAM, AND THE JACKAL

THE JACKAL AND THE WOLF

A JACKAL AND A WOLF

THE LION, THE JACKAL, AND THE MAN

THE WORLD'S REWARD

THE LION AND JACKAL

TINK-TINKJE

THE LION AND JACKAL

LION AND JACKAL

THE HUNT OF LION AND JACKAL

STORY OF LION AND LITTLE JACKAL

THE LIONESS AND THE OSTRICH

CROCODILE'S TREASON

THE STORY OF A DAM

THE DANCE FOR WATER OR RABBIT'S TRIUMPH

JACKAL AND MONKEY

LION'S SHARE

JACKAL'S BRIDE

THE STORY OF HARE

THE WHITE MAN AND SNAKE

ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE

CLOUD-EATING

LION'S ILLNESS

JACKAL, DOVE, AND HERON

COCK AND JACKAL

ELEPHANT AND TORTOISE

ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE

TORTOISES HUNTING OSTRICHES

THE JUDGMENT OF BABOON

LION AND BABOON

THE ZEBRA STALLION

WHEN LION COULD FLY

LION WHO THOUGHT HIMSELF WISER THAN HIS MOTHER

LION WHO TOOK A WOMAN'S SHAPE

WHY HAS JACKAL A LONG BLACK STRIPE ON HIS BACK?

HORSE CURSED BY SUN

LION'S DEFEAT

THE ORIGIN OF DEATH

ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE

A THIRD VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE

A FOURTH VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE

A ZULU VERSION OF THE LEGEND OF THE "ORIGIN OF DEATH"

LITERATURE

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