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Author Postma, Minnie.

Title Tales from the Basotho. / Translated from Afrikaans by Susie McDermid. Analytical notes, tale type and motif indexes by John M. Vlach.

Publication Info. Austin : Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press, [1974]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GR360.B3 P613    Available  ---
Description xxv, 177 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series Publications of the American Folklore Society. Memoir series ; v. 59
Publications of the American Folklore Society. Memoir series ; v. 59.
Note Translation of Litsomo.
Contents The giant bird Mothemelle.--Wolf and jackal and the beautiful girl.--The outcast.--Fenya-fenyane.--Hen, Hawk, and the needle.--Roaqo, the woman who ate people.--Tortoise and Dove.--The guilty woman.--Monyohe, the great snake of the deep waters.--Maliane and the water snake.--Molaetsane.--Obe, the monster of the dark canyon.--The dove, the heron, and jackal.--The mother-in-law and the clear water.--The milk tree.--Jackal and hen.--The whirlwind and the land of the half-men.--Nanabolele, who shines in the night.--Sheep and baboon.--The woman with the big thumbnail.--Tsananapa.--Masilo, Masilonyane, and the old woman.--The bride of Chief Bulane.--Bibliography: p. [175]-177.
Subject Tales -- Lesotho.
Tales.
Lesotho.
Sotho (African people) -- Folklore.
Sotho (African people)
Folklore.
Added Title Litsomo. English
ISBN 0292746083