Ellis. Vai Folklore Stories

Today's free book is Negro culture in West Africa (Vai) by George W. Ellis (1914). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).



Vai Folklore Stories

1. The Rival Sleepers
2. The Man and the Goat
3. The Three Brothers and the Town
4. Man Hunting
5. The Race for a Wife
6. The Two Blind Men
7. Why the Elephant Runs from the Goat
8. Rival Brothers
9. The Fly, The Crab, and The Minnow
10. The Man and the Crabs
11. The Rival Doctors
12. The Man and his Chicken
13. Three Men Want First Smoke
14. Two Boys and the Snake
15. The Rabbit, The Snake, and the Ground Squirrel
16. The Deer and the Snail
17. The Tide and the Minnow
18. Three Rival Brothers
19. Rival Storytellers
20. Two Poor Men
21. Two Men Frightened
22. The Old Lady and the Little Boy
23. The Blind and Legless Men
24. The Spider and his Medicine
25. The Fox and the Goat
26. The Old Lady and the Bird
27. Three Royal Lovers
28. Two Bad Young Men
29. The Two Faithful Friends
30. The One Eyed Monarch
31. Poor Man and King's Daughter
32. The Blind Mori Man
33. The Little Boy and the Snake
34. The Two Thieves
35. The Father and Three Sons
36. The King and His Bangle
37. The Mori Man and the Secret
38. The Jealous Husband
39. The Man, The Deer, The Possum, and the Snake
40. The Lion, The Fox, and the Monkey
41. Two Great Swimmers
42. The Two Fighters
43. The Two Brothers
44. Two Unfortunate Men
45. The Lion, The Leopard, and the Dog
46. Three Storytellers
47. The Leopard and the Goat
48. Two Old Women
49. Two Orphan Brothers
50. Controversy between Two Men on the Relative Value of Education and Money
51. The Rascal Man
52. The Six Rival Heirs