The lion and the ostrich
Subtitle: other folktales from Ethiopia
By: retold by Elizabeth Laird
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: EBCEF
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Folklore; Tales
Other titles: Folktales from Ethiopia; Other folktales from Ethiopia
Description: A collection of folktales from five tribes of Ethiopia.
Notes: Stories written in Amharic and English. Illustrations from several individuals: Yihenew Worku, Senait Demoz, Yared Oliveli, Mahlet Worku, and Endale Solomon. Foreward by Elizabeth Laird.
Table of contents: title: Stories from Afar. Best dream; title: Hunter's wife; title: Lion, the fox, and the hyena; title: Ostrich and the lion; title: Clever fox. Stories from Amhara. Cub and the leopard; title: Trees and the axe; title: Wardit the mule; title: Ox and the Donkey; title: Sinziro and his brothers. Stories from Harar and Somale. Holyman and the guava; title: Bride's test; title: Wak and the raven; title: Ahmad and the clever woman; title: Cat and the woman; title: Hirsin and Kalabaaf. Stories from Tigrai. Bird and the elephant; title: Farmer and the leopard; title: Weyna and Gella; title: Crane, the fox, and the vulture.