Tales of Temba: Traditional African StoriesBlackie, 1967 - 114 pages Thirteen Bantu tales about the heroic Temba, who was courageous and resourceful as well as kind and who used these qualities to win the daughter of the Rain Lord. |
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... hyena was waiting for the mother as she came out of her hut in the early morning . Nobody else in the village was astir , and the hyena caught the woman's cloth in his teeth , and jerked her away from the doorway . ' I have just been ...
... hyena was waiting for the mother as she came out of her hut in the early morning . Nobody else in the village was astir , and the hyena caught the woman's cloth in his teeth , and jerked her away from the doorway . ' I have just been ...
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... hyena leapt from behind a tree and stood in front of her . ' I am tired of your trickery , ' he snarled . ' Unless you send your son to me in the forest tomorrow morning , I will come to your village with twenty other hyenas and we will ...
... hyena leapt from behind a tree and stood in front of her . ' I am tired of your trickery , ' he snarled . ' Unless you send your son to me in the forest tomorrow morning , I will come to your village with twenty other hyenas and we will ...
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... hyena . ' The animal was so angry that he lifted his head and , opening his mouth as wide as possible , he shouted : ' Look ! This is the size of my mouth . ' Quick as lightning Temba flung his father's hunting knife down into the hyena's ...
... hyena . ' The animal was so angry that he lifted his head and , opening his mouth as wide as possible , he shouted : ' Look ! This is the size of my mouth . ' Quick as lightning Temba flung his father's hunting knife down into the hyena's ...
Table des matières
The Hyenas Egg | 1 |
The Yam Child ΙΟ | 10 |
A Leg for the Lion | 24 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
amazimu angry animals arrows asked Temba assegai bees began bird boys bring bush calabash called canoe caught chief child clay cooking companions cooking pot cried daughter delighted eaten my yams elephant exclaimed eyes farm feet fire Firimpimbira followed forest friends gift girl grass ground growled hand hare head heard hollow tree honey Honey-guide hunting hurried hyena killed knew laughed legs Leopard lion little feather lives loincloth looked lovely feathered magic bones meal meat mighty wind monkey monster morning nearby never night ogre path piece porridge Rain Lord replied Temba river rushed Ruwa Ruwa's palace Seizing shouted sisters sleep snake king soon spear stone stood stool stopped Suddenly supper tell Temba thanked Temba took Temba's mother told Tortoise trap village voice waiting walked warriors watched wheli wild woman wood borer yam-brother