King of the Snakes and Other Folklore Stories from Uganda

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 26, 2024

In Category - Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Culture & Heritage Fiction

Authors: Rosetta Baskerville In Year : 1922

Book Language: English

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Preface
The King of the Snakes
The Story of Kintu
The Story of the Fairy Bee
The Story of Mpobe the Hunter
Walukaga the Blacksmith
Why the Bat Sleeps All Through the Day
Kasanke the Little Red Bird
The Frog and the Lizard
The Song of the Forest Wanderer
The Story of the Chief Kasuju
The Story of Kibate
The Golden-crested Crane
The Song of the Grey Heron
The Story of the Grey Heron
The Crimson-striped Lily
The Cooking-pot and the Drum
The Story of the Fairy Foxes
The Locusts
The Story of the Hippos
The Leopard and the Goat
The Stranger
The Lion, the Hyena, and the Hare
How the Hare Traded With a Bag of Corn
The Foolish Hare
The Story of the Cock and the Hen
Uganda Lullaby
The Story of the Two Friends
How the Grey Parrots Got Their Red Tails
The Song of the Old Caravan Days
The Guardians of the Snakes
Proverbs

Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1922, are stories that Baskerville heard herself, while other stories she adapted from the Baganda folktales collected by Apollo Kaggwa [1864–1927]. You will find origin stories here, like "Why the Bat Sleeps All Through the Day," and "How the Grey Parrots Got Their Red Tails," along with many other animal stories, including trickster stories like "The Leopard and the Goat." There are fairy tales, like "The Story of the Fairy Bee," as well as stories of heroes and monsters like "The King of the Snakes" and "The Story of Kibate." The story of "Walukaga the Blacksmith" tells the story behind a proverb, and the book also includes a selection of proverbs. In addition, Baskerville published is a second book of Ugandan folktales in 1925, and you can also listen to that book at LibriVox: The Flame Tree and Other Folklore Stories from Uganda. - Summary by Laura Gibbs