Friday, May 24, 2019

Resource: World Folktales: North and South America

Greenwood Library of World Folktales: North and South America

Author: Thomas Green
Year: 2008
Location: personal library


I have only transcribed titles from the relevant sections for this project.

African American
Grandfather's Escape to Free Haven
How Come Brer Bear Sleep In The Winter
How Come Mr. Buzzard To Have A Bald Head
Playing Godfather
When Brer Rabbit Was Presidin' Elder
How Brer Rabbit Practice Medicine
Brer Rabbit's Cool Air Swing
Why The People Tote Brer Rabbit Foot In Their Pocket
Mr. Deer's My Riding Horse
When Brer Rabbit Saw Brer Dog's Mouth So Brer Dog Can Whistle
How Brer Fox Dreams He Eat Brer Possum
Trouble (Rabbit Loses His Tail)
When Brer Rabbit Help Brer Terrapin
The Watcher Tricked
Coon In The Box
Your Horse Stays Outside
How Come Pigs Can See The Wind
How Brer Rabbit Bring Dust Out Of The Rock
Jack And The Bean-Pole
Tablecloth, Donkey, And Club
The Bride Of The Evil One
Trapping A Hag
Sol Lockheart's Call
Possessed Of Two Spirits
Jack-O-My-Lantern

Cajun
The Wine, the Farm, the Princess and the Tarbaby
The Sack of Peas and the Mule
On Horseback
jean Sot and the Cowhide
Jean Sot Feeds Cows Needles
Jean Sot Kills the Duck
Ti Jean Cannot Tell a Lie
Boudreaux and the Cottonmouth
Cajun Cockfight

South American: Suriname Maroon
How Man Made Woman Respect Him
Anansi Eats Mutton
Jauw's Dream
Snake and Hunter

Caribbean

Antigua
Nancy and the Honey Tree
Nancy Fools His Wife
Playing Mourner
Why Rabbit has a Short Tail
Mr. Hard Time
Under the Green Old Oak Tree

Bahamas
Brother Rabbit an' Brother Tar-Baby
Brother Elephant and Brother Whale
Brother Rabbit, Brother Booky, and Brother Cow
The Girl and the Fish
The Big Worm

Jamaica 
The Origin of Woman
Annancy and the Yam Hills
Cunnie-more-than-Father
Anansi and the Lady in the Well
Cock's Breakfast
Tiger Softens His Voice
The Witch at Bosen Corner
Jack and the Devil Errant
De Story of de Man and Six Poached Eggs

Arawak
Hariwali and the Wonderful Tree
The Tiger Changed into a Woman
The Babracote and the Camudi
How We Beat the Caribs

Carib
How Pain, Misery, and Death Came into the World
How the Man Fooled the Tiger
The Sun, the Frog, and the Firesticks

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