Author: Harold Courlander
Year: 1976
Location: personal library
Table of Contents:
I have just listed the items here that look potentially useful for this project; there are many other materials in the book.
Haitian Tales: Gods, Tricksters and Others
Nanabouclou and the Piece of Fire
The Voyage Below the Water
Merisier, Stronger than the Elephants
Jean Britisse, The Champion
Charles Legoun and his Friend
The Singing Tortoise
Bouki and Ti Malice Go Fishing
Baptizing the Babies
Bouki and Ti Bef
Uncle Bouki Gets Whee-Ai
Haitian Animal Tales
Who is the older?
The dogs pay a visit to God
Frog Chief of the well
The lizard Bocor
Four Tales from Guadeloupe
Woy, who knows?
Why people do not live again after death
Oh, misery!
Rabbit seeks wisdom
Some tales with African themes from the English-speaking islands
The Three Companions
Tar Baby: Eavesdropper without scratching
Magic flight
The things that talked
Other Tales from the English-speaking islands
Back in the same hole
Fishing on Sunday
She sends for her husband
The cruel friend
Only one mouthful
About the Maroons of Jamaica
Quadrille and polka in Accompong
Two Tales from Accompong
Fowl and cockroach
Horse and turtle
Some Surinam Tales
Why cat and dog are enemies
Dog asks fora new name
Why dog goes about naked
Dog's riddle
Grudging hospitality
The feast on the mountain and the feast under the water
Tables turned: Cockroach revenged on Anansi
Giants cure boastfulness
Spreading the fingers
The fastidious go hungry
The preacher traps a thief
The Devil complains
Broken pledge: All things talk
Trespassing on the Devil's land
Four Afro-Venezuelan Tales
The Man, the Snake, and the Fox
The swordfish
The woman, the giant, and the vulture
The rooster, the goat, and the dog
Three Tales in Gullah Dialect
Buh Rabbit and Buh Wolf Go Hunting
Buh Deer and Buh Snail Have a Race
Playing Dead in the Road
Uncle Remus Confronted by the Coastal Dialect
Testing Wits: Buh Rabbit, Buh Fox, and Other Creatures
Brer Coon gets his meat
Brer Rabbit in the well
Terrapin's pot of sense
Buh Rabbit's 'gatory fry
Buh Buzzard and salvation
Rail Fence
The magic hoe
Between two dinners
Catching the snake and the yellowjackets
Terrapin shows his strength
Moralizing Tales
The dying bullfrog
Buh Raccoon and Buh Possum
Two Friends and the Bear
The Eagle and his children
Chanticleer and the barnyard rooster
Buh Lion and Buh Goat
Buh Turkey Buzzard and the rain
Buh Fox says grace
Knee-High Man wants to be sizable
Reform meeting
Buh Fox's number nine shoes
The well
The Beginning of Things
Origin of the Races, according to Uncle Remus
The Deluge, according to Uncle Remus
Creole Tales from Louisiana
The Irishman and the frogs
The marriage of Compere Lapin
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