The coming of Night
Subtitle: a Yoruba tale from West Africa
By: by James Riordan ; illustrated by Jenny Stow.
Contributors: Stow, Jenny, ill.
Edition: A Millbrook Press Lib. ed.
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Yoruba (African people) -- Folklore.; Folklore -- Africa, West.; Night -- Folklore.
Description: When the daughter of the river goddess Yemoya goes to the Land of Shining Day to marry a handsome earth chief, her longing for the cool darkness of her former home causes Night to be brought to the world.