The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
New York : Pantheon Books, [2004]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiv, 189 pages ; 20 cm
Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana.
A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . . . When a child made of wax follows his curiosity outside into the heat of daylight and melts, his siblings shape him into a bird with feathers made of leaves that enable him to fly into the light . . . Talking hyenas, milk-giving birds, clever cannibals who nonetheless get their comeuppance, and mysterious forces that reside in the landscape--these wonderful fables bring us the wealth, the variety, and the particular magic of traditional African lore.
A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . . . When a child made of wax follows his curiosity outside into the heat of daylight and melts, his siblings shape him into a bird with feathers made of leaves that enable him to fly into the light . . . Talking hyenas, milk-giving birds, clever cannibals who nonetheless get their comeuppance, and mysterious forces that reside in the landscape--these wonderful fables bring us the wealth, the variety, and the particular magic of traditional African lore.
Subjects:
Ndebele (African people) -- Folklore.
Tswana (African people) -- Folklore.
Tales -- Zimbabwe.
Tales -- Botswana.
Ndebele (African people) -- Folklore.
Tswana (African people) -- Folklore.
Tales -- Zimbabwe.
Tales -- Botswana.
ISBN:
0375423125
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Folklore McC | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/6/2024) |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Folklore McC | Edgewood | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 4/30/2024) |