Junod. Life of a South African tribe

Today's free book is The life of a South African tribe by Henri A. Junod (1913). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The folktales are in Volume II: The Psychic Life.

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

Animal Folklore

1. Nwashisisana, The Hare
The Hare and the Antelope
The Hare and the Water Hole
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Hare and the Lion
The Hare and the Lion Queen
The Hare in His Burrow
The Hare And the Grey Antelope
The Hare at the Pool

2. The Hare and Elephant
The Hare and the Hyena
The Hare in the Lion's Village
The Hare in the Mountains
The Hare's Marriage
The Hare and the Lion's Jawbone
The Hen and the Hare

3. The Hare and the Baboon
The Hare and the Ground-Nuts
The Hare and the Baboon's Wife
The Hare and His Tricks
The Hare and the Meat
The Hare Serves Dinner

4. The Hare's Hoe: A Chain-Tale

4a. The Hare's Hoe: another version

The Wisdom of the Little Ones:
The Disobedient Child and the Big Snake

Ogre Tales:
The Ogre Scaly-Heart

Moral Tales:
Zili

Werner. Myths and Legends of the Bantu

Today's free book is Myths and Legends of the Bantu by Alice Werner. As the author explains in the Introduction: "BANTU is now the generally accepted name for those natives of South Africa (the great majority) who are neither Hottentots nor Bushmen — that is to say, mainly, the Zulus, Xosas, Basuto, and Bechuana" You can read more about the Bantu peoples at Wikipedia, and also about Alice Werner, who is the author of the Africa volume of The Mythology of All Races.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Sacred Texts.

Chapter I: Introductory
Chapter II: Where Man Came From, and How Death Came
Chapter III: Legends of the High Gods
Chapter IV: The Heaven Country and the Heaven People
Chapter V: Mortals Who Have Ascended to Heaven
Chapter VI: The Ghosts and the Ghost Country
Chapter VII: The Avenger of Blood
Chapter VIII: Heroes and Demi-Gods
Chapter IX: The Wakilindi Saga
Chapter X: The Story of Liongo Fumo
Chapter XI: The Tricksters Hlakanyana and Huveane
Chapter XII: The Amazimu
Chapter XIII: Of Were-Wolves, Halfmen, Gnomes, Goblins, and Other Monsters
Chapter XIV: The Swallowing Monster
Chapter XV: Lightning, Thunder, Rain, and the Rainbow
Chapter XVI: Doctors, Prophets, and Witches
Chapter XVII: Brer Rabbit in Africa
Chapter XVIII: Legends of the Tortoise
Chapter XIX: Stories of Some Other Animals
Chapter XX.- Some Stories Which Have Travelled
Bibliography

Kidd. The Essential Kafir

Today's free book is The Essential Kafir by Dudley Kidd (1904). There is a chapter on folklore, and I have listed the story titles below.

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

(Zulu woman)

Stories

Masilo and Masilonyane
The Clever Tortoise
The Woman Who Became a Lion
The Romance of Unyengebule
Kgolodikane
Little Red Stomach
A Cannibal Story
The Lion's Illness
Which Was the Thief?
Fish-Stealing
Cloud-Eating
The Lion's Share
A Fable Showing European Influence

Kidd. Kaffir children

Today's free book is Savage childhood: a study of Kafir children by Dudley Kidd (1906). 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).

(photo in the book)

Table of Contents

Nursery Tales of the Tshindao-Speaking Natives of Gazaland
How Skin-Sore Killed a Cannibal
The Man, The Lion, and The Mouse
The Man Who Hid His Honey
The Child in the Drum
The Jealous Wife
Taking Hold of the Moon
Why the Sun Shines Every Day
The Hare and the Tortoise
How the Hare Fooled the Beasts
The Lion and the Gazelle
The Crab Who Helped a Man to Get His Spears
The Man Who Became a Python
The Pauper Who Became a Chief

McPherson. Native Fairy Tales of South Africa

Today's free book is Native Fairy Tales of South Africa by Ethel L. McPherson. This is a collection of stories from the Zulu and Sesuto (Sotho) peoples of South Africa; specifically, they are reworkings of stories you can find in Callaway's Nursery Tales, Traditions, and Histories of the Zulus and Jacottet's The Treasury of Basuto Lore.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project and Hathi Trust.

The illustrations are by Helen Jacobs, and I have made a Flickr collection.

The Magic Lute
Senkenpeng and Bulane
The Daughter of the Sword
The Queen of the Pigeons
The Tall Princess and the Haunted Pool
The Marriage of Untombinde
The Kingdome Above the Earth
The Moon-Child
The Princess and the Frog
The Two Brothers
The Childless Woman
The Daughter of the Ostrich Egg
The Kingdoms of the Dead
When the World was Young
Umnandi and the Goat-Girl
Zim the Cannibal
The Horns of Plenty
The Dumb Prince
The Girl with the Lute
The Lost Beads
The Snake with Five Heads
Tanga the Child of Night

St. Lys. Folklore from Southwest Africa

Today's free book is From a Vanished German Colony: Folklore, Folktales and Proverbs from Southwest Africa by Odette St. Lys. These stories date back to German colonization of South Africa, prior to the British colonization; you can read more about the German colonialism in Africa at Wikipedia, and there is also a specific article about German South-West Africa, in what is now Namibia.

The first part of this book is about folkways and customs; the second part contains folktales as listed below.

The book is available at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.

(German church in Windhoek, Namibia)

The Story of Long Snake
The Lion and the Ostrich
A Nursery Tale
"Ulusanana"
Story of Little Red Stomach
Story of Five Heads
The Story of a Dam
The Romance of Unyengebule
News from Zululand
The Story of Ngangezwe and Mnyamana
The Bewitched King
Kgolodikane
Two Stories told by an Mkipeta Girl.
Usomamekutyo
Masilo and Masilonyane
The Story of Umshalishall and Umlomo'sibucu
Much Searching Disturbs Things That Were Lying Still
The Distribution of Animals, &c.. After the Creation
The Ox Which Returned to Life
The Story of Umkuywana
How the Children of Bafurutsi Separated from their Fathers
Tradition of the Bayeye
Bushman Folk Lore
The Song of the Wind
The Wind
The Lost Sons of God
Rafotsibe and Ikotofetsy and Imahaka
The Manner in which Ikotofetsy and Imahaka came by their Death
A True Story
The Lion and the Jackal: A Hottentot Story
The Fleeing Girls and the Rock

Bourhill-Drake. Fairy Tales from South Africa

Today's free book is Fairy Tales from South Africa by Mrs. E. J. Bourhill and Mrs. J. B. Drake. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

I. Setuli; or, the King of the Birds
II. The Story of the King's Son and the Magic Song
III. The Story of the Little Birds who
lived in A Cave
IV. The Story of the Shining Princess
V. The Rabbit Prince
VI. The Unnatural Mother
VII. The Three Little Eggs
VIII-IX. The Serpent's Bride
X. The Fairy Bird
XI. The Cock's Kraal
XII. Baboon-Skins
XIII. The Reward of Industry
XIV-XV. The Story of Semai-mai
XVI. The Fairy Frog
XVII. Nya-nya Bulembu; or, the Moss-green Princess
XVIII. The Enchanted Buck
XIX The Beauty and the Beast
XX. The White Dove

Honey. South African Folktales

Today's free book is South African Folktales by James Honey. You can find out more about this book in the South African Folktales unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts Archive, Google Books, and Hathi Books. There is also a free Kindle eBook.

(South African veldt, Mpumalanga)

Hottentots And Bushmen

The Lost Message

The Monkey's Fiddle

The Tiger, The Ram, And The Jackal

The Jackal And The Wolf

A Jackal And A Wolf

The Lion, The Jackal, And The Man

The World's Reward

The Lion And Jackal

Tink-Tinkje

The Lion And Jackal

Lion And Jackal

The Hunt Of Lion And Jackal

Story Of Lion And Little Jackal

The Lioness And The Ostrich

Crocodile's Treason

The Story Of A Dam

The Dance For Water Or Rabbit's Triumph

Jackal And Monkey

Lion's Share

Jackal's Bride

The Story Of Hare

The White Man And Snake

Cloud-Eating

Lion's Illness

Jackal, Dove, And Heron

Cock And Jackal

Elephant And Tortoise

Tortoises Hunting Ostriches

The Judgment Of Baboon

Lion And Baboon

The Zebra Stallion

When Lion Could Fly

Lion Who Thought Him Self Wiser Than His Mother

Lion Who Took A Woman's Shape

Why Has Jackal A Long, Black Stripe On His Back?

Horse Cursed By Sun

Lion's Defeat

The Origin Of Death

Savory. Zulu Fireside Tales

Today's free book is Zulu Fireside Tales by Phyllis Savory and illustrated by Sylvia Baxter. You can read more about the Zulu people of southern African at Wikipedia.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust.

1. Ntunjambili
2. The Adventures of Nomvula
3. The Wicked Mazimuzimu
4. The Son of the Tortoise
5. Makhandu Mahlanu or The Five Heads
6. Nkalimeva
7. Fenisana
8. The Love of Kenelinda
9. Nabulela
10. The Song of the Doves
11. The Marriage Feast
12. The River Maiden

Vaughan. Old Hendrik's Tales

Today's free book is Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan. The author is best known as a Welsh patriot and nationalist; he fought in the Boer War, and this book dates to the time he spent in South Africa. You can read about his life and career at Wikipedia.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

Why Old Baboon has that Kink in his Tail.
Old Jackal and Young Baboon.
Why Old Jackal Danced the War-Dance.
How Old Jackal got the Pigs.
When Ou’ Wolf built his House.
Ou’ Wolf lays a Trap.
Ou’ Jackalse takes Ou’ Wolf a-Sheep Stealing.
When the Birds would choose a King which tells also why the white owl only flies by night.
Why Old Jackal slinks his Tail.
Why Little Hare has such a Short Tail.
The Bargain for the Little Silver Fishes.
Why the Tortoise has no Hair on.
Why the Ratel is so Keen on Honey.

Bleek. Hottentot Fables and Tales

Today's free book is Reynard the Fox in South Africa: Or, Hottentot Fables and Tales Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek. The Khoikhoi (Hottentot) are a pastoral people of southwest Africa; you can read more at Wikipedia.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

(Khoikhoi and their huts)

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
5-6. The White Man and the Snake
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 Tortoise
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
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
31-35. The Origin of Death
VII. Heitsi Eibip and Other Legends.
36. Heitsi Eibip
37-38. The Victory of Heitsi Eibip
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

Metelerkamp. South African Folklore Tales

Today's free book is Outa Karel's Stories: South African Folk-Lore Tales by Sanni Metelerkamp. These stories were originally told in Afrikaans, so be sure to check out the glossary of Afrikaans words that you will find here and there in the stories. For more about Afrikaans, see Wikipedia.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and Hathi Trust. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

I. The Place and the People
II. How Jakhals Fed Oom Leeuw
III. Who was King?
IV. Why the Hyena is Lame
V. Who was the Thief?
VI. The Sun
VII. The Stars and the Stars’ Road
VIII. Why the Hare’s Nose is Slit
IX. How the Jackal got his Stripe
X. The Animals’ Dam
XI. Saved by his Tail
XII. The Flying Lion
XIII. Why the Heron has a Crooked Neck
XIV. The Little Red Tortoise
XV. The Ostrich Hunt

Callaway. Tales and Traditions of the Zulus

Today's free book is Nursery Tales, Traditions, and Histories of the Zulus by Henry Callaway. You can read more about the Zulu people of southern African at Wikipedia. This book is one of the sources for Native Fairy Tales of South Africa by Ethel L. McPherson.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

(Zulu hunter)

The Tale of Uthlakanyana
Usikulumi-kathlokothloko
Uzembeni; or, Usikulumi's Courtship
Untombinde
Amavukutu
Usitungusobenthle
Usitungusobenthle and the Amajubatente
Uluthlazase
Ulangalasenthla and Ulangalasenzansi
Ubabuze
The Man and the Bird
Ukcombekcansini
The Little Birds
The Honey-bird
The Rock of Two-holes; or, The Cannibal's Cave
The Girl and the Cannibals
The Heaven-country
Umbadhlanyana and the Cannibal
Cannibals
The Mode of Eating a Eival Chief
Ugunggri-kubantwana
The Izingogo
The Origin of Baboons
The Cannibal whom Umasendeni received into his house
Umkasikaza-wakogingqwayo
The Two Brothers
Ubongopa-kamagadhlela
Umdhlubu and the Frog
The Girl-king
Unthlangunthlangu
The Great Fiery Serpent
The Rainbow
Utshinfesha and the Rainbow
Untombi-yapansi
Umkatshana
The Tale of Uncama-ngamanzi-egudu
Umamba
Unanana-bosele
The Wise Son of the King
The Great Tortoise
Fabulous Animals
The Abatwa
The Dreadfulness of the Abatwa
The Hyrax went without a Tail because he sent for it
The Hyena and the Moon
The Baboons and the Leopard
The Tale of a Man who threw away some
Bread
The Tale of a Crow
Another Tale of a Crow
The Tale of a Dog which made a Song
Riddles

Theal. Xhosa Folk-Lore

Today's free book is Kaffir (Xhosa) Folk-Lore by George McCall Theal. You can read more about the Xkhosa people of southern African at Wikipedia.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

Story Of The Bird That Made Milk. I
The Story Of The Bird That Made Milk. II
The Story Of Five Heads
The Story Of Tangalimlibo
Story Of The Girl Who Disregarded The Custom Of Ntonjane
The Story Of Simbukumbukwana
The Story Of Sikulume
The Story Of Hlakanyana
The Story Of Demane And Demazana
The Runaway Children; Or, The Wonderful Feather
Story Of Ironside And His Sister
Story Of The Cannibal's Wonderful Bird
The Story Of The Cannibal Mother And Her Children
Story Of The Girl And The Mbulu
The Story Of Mbulukazi
The Story Of Long Snake
The Story Of Kenkebe
Another Story Of Kenkebe
Story Of The Wonderful Horns
The Story Of The Glutton
Story Of The Great Chief Of The Animals
Story Of The Hare
Story Of Lion And Little Jackal
Proverbs And Figurative Expressions