Tales from the Basotho.
By: Translated from Afrikaans by Susie McDermid. Analytical notes, tale type and motif indexes by John M. Vlach.
Series: Publications of the American Folklore Society.; v. 59
Publisher: Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng; afr
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Tales -- Lesotho; Sotho (African people) -- Folklore
Notes: Translation of Litsomo.
Table of contents: title: The giant bird Mothemelle.; title: Wolf and jackal and the beautiful girl.; title: The outcast.; title: Fenya-fenyane.; title: Hen, Hawk, and the needle.; title: Roaqo, the woman who ate people.; title: Tortoise and Dove.; title: The guilty woman.; title: Monyohe, the great snake of the deep waters.; title: Maliane and the water snake.; title: Molaetsane.; title: Obe, the monster of the dark canyon.; title: The dove, the heron, and jackal.; title: The mother-in-law and the clear water.; title: The milk tree.; title: Jackal and hen.; title: The whirlwind and the land of the half-men.; title: Nanabolele, who shines in the night.; title: Sheep and baboon.; title: The woman with the big thumbnail.; title: Tsananapa.; title: Masilo, Masilonyane, and the old woman.; title: The bride of Chief Bulane.; title: Bibliography: p. [175]-177.