Parkinson. Yoruba Folk-Lore

Today's free book is Yoruba Folk-Lore by John Parkinson (in Journal of the African Society, v.8 1908). 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).


Table of Contents

The Ape with Sixteen Tails
How Thunder Came
Why the Cat Stays at Home
Why A Bride is Brought by Day
The Story of the Two Wives
The Worship of the Thunder-Bolt
How Shango Hanged Himself
How The Tortoise Helped the Animals
The Tortoise and a Man Named Tela
A Dog and a Tortoise
The Pig and the Tortoise
Ifa
How the Parrot's Beak Became Bent