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Ikom Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria

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Elphinstone Daryell [1869-1917] was a British colonial administrator in southern Nigeria who had an interest in anthropology and folklore. This book contains 34 folktales that he collected in the Ikom district of Cross River State in southern Nigeria. You will find some nature stories here ("How the River Came into Existence," "Why the Mist Rises from the Water," etc.), animal stories ("The Cunning Hare," "Why a Python Never Swallows a Tortoise," etc.), along with stories involving human drama, both natural and supernatural. Dayrell reports the final story of the book in Latin, a common practice by anthropologists of the time for sexually explicit material; that Latin text, "Quomodo Evenit ut Penis Primum cum Vagina Coiit," is available in English translation at the Internet Archive. This book is a sequel to Daryell's Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, which you can also listen to at LibriVox. (Summary by Laura Gibbs) (5 hr 56 min)

Chapters

Preface

20:08

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How an Inkum Woman Abandoned One of Her Twins in the Forest

8:15

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The Cunning Hare

11:48

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The Story of Igiri and Her Husband Inkang

5:26

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How Elili of Inkum Died, and Was Brought Back to Life Again

4:20

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Concerning the Human Sacrifices

4:15

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The Story of the Witch who Tried to Kill Her Husband

6:27

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How Two Friends Fell Out: The Spider and the Grasshopper

11:27

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How Ewa Abagi, an Inkum Woman, Was Drowned in the Cross River

9:33

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The Story of the War between Inkum and Enfitop

14:00

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How an Inkum Boy Was Drowned by His Companions

12:06

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How a Father Tried to Kill One of His Sons but Failed

13:43

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Concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism

16:36

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Of Chief Amaza, His Wife Achi, and the Tortoise

7:58

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The Fate of Agbor the Hunter, Who Killed His Wife and Children

6:39

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What Happened at Okuni When Anyone Was Killed by Accident

2:18

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How Oghabi Poisoned His Friend Okpa

9:53

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How Chief Alankor and All His Family Were Killed by a Big Frog

8:45

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How the River Came into Existence

4:51

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Why the Mist Rises from the Water

10:14

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How Ibanang Okpong and Her Mother Were Swallowed by a Man-Eating Drum

10:38

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Why the Head of the Male Goat Smells So Strong

7:15

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A Story of the Great Famine

10:15

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Why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover

11:04

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How 'Nyambi Punished Chief Oga

15:09

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How Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins

9:27

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Concerning the Ju-Ju against Elephantiasis

18:24

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How a Cruel Inkum Chief Was Poisoned by His Slaves

17:54

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How the Frog Beat the Bush Buck in a Race

7:01

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Why a Python Never Swallows a Tortoise

5:03

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The Game of Hide-and-Seek

8:07

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Chief Kekong's Daughter 'Ndere who Married a Python

19:18

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How Agbor Adam Broke the Hunting Law of Okuni

12:58

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How Essama Stole Her Father's Goat in the Fatting-House

8:47

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Quomodo Evenit ut Penis Primum cum Vagina Coiit

6:29

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