African mythology
By: Geoffrey Parrinder
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780760701898
Subjects: Mythology, Sub-Saharan African
Description: Presents the mythology of sub-Saharan Africa, including beliefs on creation, birth, death, and oracles, with texts of some legends and animal fables.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New rev. ed. London : Hamlyn, 1982.

Includes bibliographical references (page 142) and index.
Table of contents: title: The creator; title: God leaves the world; title: The first ancestors; title: The mystery of birth; title: The origins of death; title: The world beyond; title: Gods and spirits; title: Oracles and divination; title: Witches and monsters; title: Secret societies and ancestors; title: Legends of old Africa; title: Animal fables.