Elphinstone Dayrell 1910 Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria

Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: JU-JU MASK FROM IBO COUNTRY, SOUTHERN NIGERIA] FOLK STORIES FROM SOUTHERN NIGERIA WEST AFRICA BY ELPHINSTONE DAYRELL, F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I. DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, SOUTHERN NIGERIA WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW LANG _WITH FRONTISPIECE_ LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA CONTENTS _Frontispiece from a Drawing in Colour by_ Major G. M. DE L. DAYRELL PAGE Introduction vii I. The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter 1 II. How a Hunter obtained Money from his Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and how he got out of repaying them 6 III. The Woman with two Skins ll IV. The King's Magic Drum 20 V. Ituen and the King's Wife 29 VI. Of the Pretty Stranger who Killed the King 33 VII. Why the Bat flies by Night 36 VIII. The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull 38 IX. The King who Married the Cock's Daughter 42 X. Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child 46 XI. The Fish and The Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish lives in the Water 49 XII. Why the Bat is Ashamed to be seen in the Daytime 51 XIII. Why the Worms live Underneath the Ground 56 XIV. The Elephant and the Tortoise…