Tales from the OkavangoiUniverse, 2002 - 136 sivua Tales from the Okavango tells several typical Hambukushu folktales, partly in narration and partly in song. Some of the tales are heard only in song, others only in narration. Most of the stories take place along the Okavango River in Africa. Animal characters interact with legendary characters, Nyambi the god, and the Hambukushu. Learn the story of Chief Chakova, who goes on an epic journey in search of his father; and the story of Nyambi's climb into heaven by the spider web. Meet Kadimba the hare, Ngando the crocodile, and Mbwawathe the silver fox who are the clever ones who outwit Nthoo the leopard....and many more fascinating characters. These are authentic folk tales told to Professor Larson by the three greatest Hambukushu story tellers: Setomba the ancient blind man of Shakawe, Mohore the magician, and Samarango the great magician of Seronga. |
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SOME THOUGHTS ON FOLKLORE
| 1 |
THE OKAVANGO DELTA AND ITS PEOPLES
| 4 |
INTRODUCTION
| 9 |
WHY MBWAWA LEFT NTHOO IN THE THAA TREE
| 13 |
A STORY ABOUT AN OLD DIKITHI ANG THE CLEVER ONE
| 19 |
NYAMBI MAKES HIS HOME IN HEAVEN
| 26 |
THE STORY OF CROCODILE AND THE ZEBRAS
| 31 |
THE STORY OF NJONGORA
| 35 |
THE LOST GIRL
| 57 |
THE COURTSHIP OF MOVANGE
| 62 |
THE STORY OF THE HARE ANG THE LEOPARD
| 69 |
THE STORY OF THE GREAT CHAKOVA
| 73 |
CHAVOKA IN THE FOREST OF THE DIKITHIES
| 80 |
THE ADVENTURES OF CHAKOVA | 86 |
THE STORY OF KAPARENGERA
| 95 |
THE STORY OF THE RAIN CHIEFS
| 103 |
THE STORY OF THE LION AND THE FOX
| 40 |
THE MARRIAGE OF THE GREAT DIKITHI TO MAENGA NYAMBI
| 43 |
THE STORY OF THINGUWE
| 48 |
THE STORY OF DIMBO AND MBAMBANYE
| 53 |
THE DISCOVERY OF THE RAINMEDICINE
| 109 |
NYAMBIS SONG
| 116 |
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
Alec Campbell asked baskets Bayeyi beautiful began berries blacksmiths Botswana bowl canoe cattle Chakova Chief Karekare Chief Mashambo clever Crocodile Damudamu daughter Delta Dikuchi Dimbo Dimbungu Dipanda father fight find finished fire first fish flew forest fruits Giant Dikithi girls Hambukushu Herikathi husband Hyena journey Kadimba Kakuru Kandambo Kapandi Kaparengera Karekare karikaripamotango Kashova Kavuramakithi killed Kwando River lagoons Lake Ngami lions lived lovely Lozi Maenga Nyambi magic magician Manongo marry Mbambanye Mbambanyunyi Mbwawa millet Moremi Game Reserve mother Motongodika Movange Ngamiland Ngando Njongora Nthoo Nyemay Nyumbwe Okavango Delta Okavango River Old Dikithi Old Dikithi’s stomach old morothi old woman open the stomach Rain Chief Rain Queen reed returned sang Seronga Shakawe Shakawe in 1950 singing song soon stomach of Old stories swallow sword Thaa tree Thimba Thinguwe Thinumba told took village watho werenje wife young Chief young sister