A collection of folk stories and fairy tales from Southern Nigeria gathered by Elphinstone Dayrell, deputy commissioner of the region when the book was published. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn
Chapters (40)
1The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter
674
2How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them
574
3The Woman with Two Skins
1079
4The King’s Magic Drum
1059
5Ituen and the King’s Wife
480
6Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King
376
7Why the Bat Flies by Night
204
8The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull
457
9The King Who Married the Cock’s Daughter
515
10Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child
412
11The Fish and the Leopard’s Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water
158
12Why the Bat is Ashamed to be Seen in the Daytime
425
13Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground
167
14The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and the Elephant Has Small Eyes
339
15Why A Hawk Kills Chickens
212
16Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
167
17Why the Flies Bother the Cows
132
18Why the Cat Kills Rats
127
19The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder
140
20Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant Are Bad Friends
335
21The Cock Who Caused A Fight Between Two Towns
284
22The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water
207
23Why Dead People Are Buried
167
24Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away
256
25Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise
475
26Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes
171
27The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat
451
28The King and the Ju Ju Tree
478
29How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus
234
30Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women
751
31How the Cannibals Drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom)
301
32The Lucky Fisherman
226
33The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone
497
34The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress
665
35The King and the ‘Nsiat Bird
209
36Concerning the Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions
754
37Concerning the Hawk and the Owl
267
38The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators
843
39The ‘Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird
287
40The Election of the King Bird (The Black-and-White Fishing Eagle)
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