Research Catalog

Title

Reynard the fox in South Africa, or, Hottentot fables and tales / chiefly translated from original manuscripts in the library of His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by W.H.I. Bleek, Ph.D.

Author

Bleek, W. H. I. (Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel), 1827-1875.

Publication

London : Trübner and Co., 60, Paternoster Row, 1864.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stevens, William (Printer)
• Trübner & Co., publisher.

Description

xxxi, [1], 94 p.; 20 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Series Statement

Folk lore mythology tradition. S. Africa

Alternative Title

• Reynard the fox in South Africa
• Hottentot fables and tales

Subject

• Fables, Khoikhoi
• Khoikhoi (African people) > Folklore

Note

• With a half-title.
• "London: William Stevens, printer, 37, Bell Yard, Temple Bar."--printer statement, verso of title page.

Indexed In (note)

• Mendelssohn, S. South African bibliography to the year 1925
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

I. Jackal fables: 1. The lion's defeat ; 2. The hunt of the lion and jackal ; 3. The lion's share ; 4. The jackal's bride ; 5. The white man and the snake ; 6. Another version of the same fable ; 7. Cloud-eating ; 8. Fish-stealing ; 9. Which was the thief ; 10. The lion's illness ; 11. The dove and the heron ; 12. The cock ; 13. The leopard and the ram -- II. Tortoise fables: 14. The elephant and the tortoise ; 15. The giraffe and the tortise ; 16. The tortoises hunting the ostriches --- III. Baboon fables: 17. The judgment of the baboon ; 18. The lion and the baboon ; 19. The zebra stallion ; 20. The lost child (a tale) ; 21. The baboon shepherd (a tale) -- IV. Lion fables: 22. The flying lion ; 23. The lion who thought himself wiser than his mother ; 24. The lion who took a woman's shape ; 25. A woman transformed into a lion (a tale) ; 26. The lion and the Bushman (a tale) -- V. Various fables: 27. How a Nama woman outwitted the elephants ; 28. A bad sister -- VI. Sun and moon fables: 29. Why has the jackal a long black stripe on his back? ; 30. The horse cursed by the sun ; 31. The origin of death ; 32. Another version of the same fable ; 33. A third version of the same fable ; 34. A fourth version of the same fable ; 35. A Zulu version of the legend of the "Origin of death." -- VII. Heitsi Eibip and other legends: 36. Heitsi Eibip ; 37. The victory of Heitsi Eibip ; 38. Another version of the same legend ; 39. The raisin-eater ; 40. Origin of the difference in modes of life between Hottentots and Bushmen -- VIII. Household tales: 41. The little wise woman ; 42. The unreasonable child to whom the dog gave its deserts, or , a receive for getting any one to sleep.

Call Number

ZBIS (Bleek, W. H. I. Reynard the Fox in South Africa)

LCCN

09011649

OCLC

504357

Author

Bleek, W. H. I. (Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel), 1827-1875.

Title

Reynard the fox in South Africa, or, Hottentot fables and tales / chiefly translated from original manuscripts in the library of His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by W.H.I. Bleek, Ph.D.

Imprint

London : Trübner and Co., 60, Paternoster Row, 1864.

Series

Folk lore mythology tradition. S. Africa

Indexed In:

Mendelssohn, S. South African bibliography to the year 1925, I:133-134

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 1284

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 398-B (accession no. B527174) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Trübner & Co., publisher.

Stevens, William (Printer), printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

ZBIS (Bleek, W. H. I. Reynard the Fox in South Africa)

ZBG p.v. 1, no. 3

Sc Rare 398-B (Bleek, W. H. I. Reynard the fox in South Africa)