Tales from the Basotho.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Postma, Minnie, comp.
Uniform title:Litsomo. English
Imprint:Austin, Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press [1974]
Description:xxv, 177 p. illus. 22 cm.
Language:English
Afrikaans
Series:Publications of the American Folklore Society. Memoir series, v. 59
Publications of the American Folklore Society. Memoir series ; v. 59
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/272138
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ISBN:0292746083
Notes:Translation of Litsomo.
Table of 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.