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Fables

Read world fables with fixed source and rights evidence, then continue through figures, animal imagery and cultural traditions.

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Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

The Cock who caused a Fight between two Towns

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

How the Cannibals drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom)

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

The Lucky Fisherman

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

Why Dead People are Buried

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and Why the Elephant has Small Eyes

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are bad Friends

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

Why the Flies Bother the Cows

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

Why the Worms live Underneath the Ground

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

The Woman, the Ape, and the Child

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

Why a Hawk kills Chickens

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

The Election of the King Bird (the black-and-white Fishing Eagle)

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

The Woman with Two Skins

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.

Fable · Southern Nigerian folk traditions · 1910 English collection · Story

Why the Cat kills Rats

Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.