CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1

ORIGIN OF THE DIFFERENCE IN MODES OF LIFE BETWEEN HOTTENTOTS AND BUSHMEN

8

THE LOST MESSAGE

10

THE MONKEY'S FIDDLE

14

THE TIGER, THE RAM, AND THE JACKAL

19

THE JACKAL AND THE WOLF

22

A JACKAL AND A WOLF

24

THE LION, THE JACKAL, AND THE MAN

25

THE WORLD'S REWARD

28

THE LION AND THE JACKAL

33

TINK-TINKJE

41

THE LION AND JACKAL

45

THE LION AND JACKAL

48

THF, HUNT OF LION AND JACKAL

53

THE STORY OF LION AND LITTLE JACKAL

56

THE LIONESS AND THE OSTRICH

62

CROCODILE'S TREASON

64

THE STORY OF A DAM

73

THE DANCE FOR WATER OR RABBITS' TRIUMPH

79

JACKAL AND MONKEY

84

LION'S SHARE

87

JACKAL'S BRIDE

92

THE STORY OF HARE

94

THE WHITE MAN AND SNAKE

101

ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE

103

CLOUD BATING

105

LION'S ILLNESS

107

JACKAL, DOVE, AND HERON

109

COCK AND JACKAL

111

ELEPHANT AND TORT01SE

112

ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE

115

TORTOISE HUNTING OSTRICHES

117

THE JUDGMENT OF BABOON

118

LION AND BABOON

121

THE ZEBRA STALLION

122

WHEN LION COULD FLY

124

LION WHO THOUGHT HIMSELF WISER THAN HIS MOTHER

126

LION WHO TOOK A WOMAN'S SHAPE

129

WHY HAS JACKAL A LONG BLACK STRIPE ON HIS BACK?

137

HORSE CURSED BY SUN

138

LION'S DEFEAT

139

THE ORIGIN OF DEATH

141

ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE

143

A THIRD VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE

144

A FOURTH VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE

146

A ZULU VERSION OF THE LEGEND OF THE "ORIGIN OF DEATH"

147

LITERATURE ON SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-LORE

148