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Fairy tales from South Africa

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This collection gathers traditional oral tales from South Africa, transcribed and arranged from native storytellers; it reproduces the performative atmosphere of evening fireside narration and emphasizes imitative delivery by elder storytellers. The tales range across animal fables, mythic episodes, trickster motifs, and wonder tales that combine supernatural elements with moral instruction. Short introductory notes and illustrations frame the collection and the arrangements preserve repetition and formulaic patterns typical of oral tradition. Altogether it presents a compendium of narrative motifs, storytelling practices, and small-scale adventures rather than a single continuous plot.

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Printed by R & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. [251]

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Corrections

The following 6 corrections have been applied to the text:

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192, 234 1
222 [Not in source] 1
225 beg rown be grown 2
237 midwinter mid-winter 1
256 [Not in source] . 1