Reading Notes: African Stories(Lang), Part A-B

Motikatika

  • Wife fell ill.
  • Husband goes to several body of waters in order to find her proper nutrition
  • She rejects all of the options and remains ill
  • Finally gets healthy but husband falls ill
  • Wife looks around and find good water
  • Ogre guarding asks for her baby to eat
  • She agrees to give the ogre her baby for her life
  • The baby is  magician and tricks ogre into eating her husband.


Adventures of a Jackal

  • Jackal is best friends with a Hedgehog
  • Jackal ticks Panther into wearing tight shoes
  • Panther looks for Jackal, holds a feast and then hunts the one without a tail
  • Cant catch the Jackal
  • Jackal united with his friend
  • A greyhound killed the Jackal


Adventures of a Jackal's Eldest Son

  • Jackal Left two sons behind
  • Gives advice and runs
  • Runs into his father's friend the hedgehog
  • Hedgehog kills Jackal
  • The younger son takes his inheritance and leaves

Hassebu

  • Young boy left for dead by his "friends"
  • Killed a scorpion
  • Fell into a pit where he met the king of the snakes
  • He escaped and became a great physician

The Heart of  Monkey

  • Monkey fights with Shark over food


Makoma

  • Tall and strong child 
  • Slayed  a crocodile and claimed his name
  • Breathes fire and battles giants
  • Becomes a diety
Bibliography: This story is part of the African Stories (Lang) unit. Story source: The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1906).


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