Table of Contents

• Introduction
• How We Got the Name "Spider Tales"
• How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race
• Anansi and Nothing
• Thunder and Anansi
• Why the Lizard Moves His Head Up and Down
• Tit for Tat
• Why White Ants Always Harm Man's Property
• Squirrel and the Spider, The
• Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles As Big As Themselves
• Why Spiders Are Always Found in Corners of Ceilings
• Anansi and the Blind Fisherman
• Adzanumee and Her Mother
• Grinding-Stone That Ground Flour By Itself, The
• Morning Sunrise
• Why the Sea-Turtle When Caught Beats Its Breast with Its Forelegs
• How Beasts and Serpents Came into the World
• Honourable Minu
• Why the Moon and the Stars Receive Their Light from the Sun
• Ohia and the Thieving Deer
• How the Tortoise Got Its Shell
• Hunter and the Tortoise, The
• Kwofi and the Gods
• Lion and the Wolf, The
• Maku Mawu and Maku Fia; or "I Will Die God's Death" and "I Will Die the King's Death"
• Robber and the Old Man, The
• Leopard and the Ram, The
• Why the Leopard Can Only Catch Prey on Its Left Side
• Quarcoo Bah-Boni (The Bad Boy)
• King Chameleon and the Animals
• To Lose an Elephant For the Sake of a Wren Is a Very Foolish Thing To Do
• Ungrateful Man, The
• Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless They Are Provoked
• Omanhene Who Liked Riddles, The
• How Mushrooms First Grew
• Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies

Bibliographic Information

Book: West African Folk-Tales
Book Author/Editor: Barker, W. H. & Sinclair, Cecilia
Publisher: George G. Harrap & Company
Publication City: London
Year of Publication: 1917
Country of Origin: Ghana
Notes: COMPLETE! Entered into SurLaLune Database in September 2018 with all known ATU Classifications.