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Tales from the Basotho.
- Title
- Tales from the Basotho. Translated from Afrikaans by Susie McDermid. Analytical notes, tale type and motif indexes by John M. Vlach.
- Author
- Postma, Minnie.
- Publication
- Austin, Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press [1974]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc 398.2-P (Postma, M. Tales from the Basotho) | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 75-8383 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxv, 177 p. illus.; 22 cm.
- Series Statement
- American Folklore Society. Memoirs, v. 59
- Uniform Title
- Memoires (American Folklore Society) ; v.59.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc 398.2-P (Postma, M. Tales from the Basotho)
- ISBN
- 0292746083
- LCCN
- 73017434
- OCLC
- 730775
- NYPG754705738-B
- 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.
- Imprint
- Austin, Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press [1974]
- Series
- American Folklore Society. Memoirs, v. 59Memoires (American Folklore Society) ; v.59.
- Research Call Number
- Sc 398.2-P (Postma, M. Tales from the Basotho)JFD 75-8383