ISBN:
9780689704024
Language:
English
Pages:
137 S.
,
Ill.
,
25 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
Series Statement:
An Aladdin book
DDC:
398.210968
Keywords:
Tales / Africa, Southern
;
Fairy tales / Africa, Southern
;
Blacks / Africa, Southern / Folklore
;
Folklore / South Africa
;
Fairy tales
;
Blacks
;
Fairy tales
;
Tales
;
Africa, Southern
;
Südafrika (Staat)
Abstract:
Princes, princesses, kings, and queens wear beautiful animal skins, live in kraals, and meet fearful ogres in these ten fairy tales from the Swazi, Shangani, and 'Msuto peoples of South Africa
Description / Table of Contents:
The moss-green princess : a Swazi tale -- The serpent's bride : a Shangani story -- The fairy frog : a Swazi tale -- The enchanted buck : a Swazi tale -- The beauty & the beast : a Swazi tale -- The story of the shining princess : a 'Msuto story -- The three little eggs : a Swazi tale -- The rabbit prince : a Shangani tale -- The fairy bird : a Swazi tale -- Baboon skins : a Swazi tale
Note:
"Adapted from Fairy tales from South Africa, by E.J. Bourhill."1908
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