서부 아프리카인들의 설화 說話 . The Book of West African Folk-Tales, by William Henry Barker

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서부 아프리카인들의 설화 說話 . The Book of West African Folk-Tales, by William Henry Barker

아프리카인중에서 아프리카대륙의 서부에 사는 원주민들의 전래이야기 즉 설화를 모아서 검정바탕의 삽화그림으로 표현해서 책을 만듬. 이야기에는 스파이더 거미 이야기와 다른 여러 이야기를 담고있음.

WEST AFRICAN FOLK-TALES
COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY
W. H. BARKER B.Sc.
FORMERLY PRINCIPAL OF THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION
ACCRA AND
CECILIA SINCLAIR
WITH FRONTISPIECE & TWENTY-THREE DRAWINGS BY
CECILIA SINCLAIR
LONDON
GEORGE G. HARRAP & COMPANY
2 & 3 PORTSMOUTH STREET KINGSWAY W.C.
MCMXVII
[4]
PRINTED AT
THE COMPLETE PRESS, WEST NORWOOD LONDON, ENGLAND [5]

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서부 아프리카인들의 설화 說話 . The Book of West African Folk-Tales, by William Henry Barker

CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION
11
I. ANANSI, OR SPIDER, TALES

I. HOW WE GOT THE NAME ‘SPIDER TALES’
29
II. HOW WISDOM BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE
33
III. ANANSI AND NOTHING
35
IV. THUNDER AND ANANSI
39
V. WHY THE LIZARD CONTINUALLY MOVES HIS HEAD UP AND DOWN
45
VI. TIT FOR TAT
51
VII. WHY WHITE ANTS ALWAYS HARM MAN’S PROPERTY
55
VIII. THE SQUIRREL AND THE SPIDER
59
IX. WHY WE SEE ANTS CARRYING BUNDLES AS BIG AS THEMSELVES
63
X. WHY SPIDERS ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE CORNERS OF CEILINGS
69
XI. ANANSI THE BLIND FISHERMAN
73
XII. ADZANUMEE AND HER MOTHER [6]
77
XIII. THE GRINDING-STONE THAT GROUND FLOUR BY ITSELF
81
XIV. “MORNING SUNRISE”
85
XV. WHY THE SEA-TURTLE WHEN CAUGHT BEATS ITS BREAST WITH ITS FORE-LEGS
87
XVI. HOW BEASTS AND SERPENTS FIRST CAME INTO THE WORLD
89
XVII. HONOURABLE MIN？
95
XVIII. WHY THE MOON AND THE STARS RECEIVE THEIR LIGHT FROM THE SUN
97
II. MISCELLANEOUS TALES

XIX. OHIA AND THE THIEVING DEER
105
XX. HOW THE TORTOISE GOT ITS SHELL
115
XXI. THE HUNTER AND THE TORTOISE
119
XXII. THE TAIL OF THE PRINCESS ELEPHANT
123
XXIII. KWOFI AND THE GODS
129
XXIV. THE LION AND THE WOLF
131
XXV. MAKU MAWU AND MAKU FIA
133
XXVI. THE ROBBER AND THE OLD MAN
139
XXVII. THE LEOPARD AND THE RAM
141
XXVIII. WHY THE LEOPARD CAN ONLY CATCH PREY ON ITS LEFT SIDE [7]
145
XXIX. QUARCOO BAH-BONI
147
XXX. KING CHAMELEON AND THE ANIMALS
155
XXXI. TO LOSE AN ELEPHANT FOR THE SAKE OF A WREN IS A VERY FOOLISH THING TO DO
159
XXXII. THE UNGRATEFUL MAN
163
XXXIII. WHY TIGERS NEVER ATTACK MEN UNLESS THEY ARE PROVOKED
167
XXXIV. THE OMANHENE WHO LIKED RIDDLES
171
XXXV. HOW MUSHROOMS FIRST GREW
177
XXXVI. FARMER MYBROW AND THE FAIRIES
181
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서부 아프리카인들의 설화 說話 . The Book of West African Folk-Tales, by William Henry Barker

아프리카인중에서 아프리카대륙의 서부에 사는 원주민들의 전래이야기 즉 설화를 모아서 검정바탕의 삽화그림으로 표현해서 책을 만듬. 이야기에는 스파이더 거미 이야기와 다른 여러 이야기를 담고있음.

WEST AFRICAN FOLK-TALES
COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY
W. H. BARKER B.Sc.
FORMERLY PRINCIPAL OF THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION
ACCRA AND
CECILIA SINCLAIR
WITH FRONTISPIECE & TWENTY-THREE DRAWINGS BY
CECILIA SINCLAIR
LONDON
GEORGE G. HARRAP & COMPANY
2 & 3 PORTSMOUTH STREET KINGSWAY W.C.
MCMXVII
[4]
PRINTED AT
THE COMPLETE PRESS, WEST NORWOOD LONDON, ENGLAND [5]

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서부 아프리카인들의 설화 說話 . The Book of West African Folk-Tales, by William Henry Barker

INTRODUCTION
In presenting to the public these stories based on the folk-lore of the Gold Coast peoples, it seems necessary to say something in general terms of the economic and social development of the colony in so far as that development is affecting the ‘lore’ of the folk.
Not until the civilization and industrialism of Europe began to penetrate into the districts of the Guinea Coast was any great attempt made to study the folk-lore of these peoples. It is obvious, therefore, that the student must find considerable admixture from outside sources which the absence of a native system of writing and consequent literature makes exceedingly difficult to detect. The difficulties increase with time, for we are getting farther and farther from the genuine folk-lore. Each year, from towns like Accra, Seccondee, and Cape Coast the tentacles of European civilization are slowly extending in all directions. Railways and roads are creeping [12]out, old-fashioned crudity is giving way to simpler and more expeditious methods; new industries, as rubber and cocoa, are being established.1 All this must be borne in mind in studying the folk-lore as told by the native to-day. What is happening is, unfortunately, not an awakening, but a transformation. The negro is discarding his native cloth for a European suit of clothes.
“On all sides it is reported that the demand for European provisions, luxuries, and apparel is large and greatly increasing. The large imports of tinned provisions, flour, etc., is in part due to the scarcity of native food-stuffs in certain districts, but there is no doubt that the standard of living is changing and rising.
“There is a general desire not only in the colony, but in Ashanti, for better roads, better houses, cleaner villages, and the desire has been prompted by the example of the great sanitary improvements in the larger towns.…
“It can be observed that the people take a growing pride in the institutions and traditions of their country, that the chiefs are realizing the duties and [13]influence of their position, and that public opinion, among the educated classes, at any rate, is beginning to recognize that some advance on the ideals and standards of the past must now be demanded.”2
This, from the utilitarian and Imperial standpoints, is as it should be, but it tends to be fatal to the mythology, the customs, and the traditions of such peoples as the negroes of West Africa. For this change is not taking place only in the direction of mere materialism. Christianity, entering the country through the ports, and Mohammedanism, being carried by Haussas along the trade routes from the interior, are playing their part in these psychological and sociological changes. The negro of yesterday differs from the negro of to-day as he in turn will differ from the negro of to-morrow. In view of all this metamorphosis it is much to be regretted that the geographical and linguistical difficulties have made the task of the folk-lorist not only difficult but wellnigh impossible. Much, of course, might be done if those whose duties carry them into the various districts would take in hand the task. The collation of their results might enable one to eradicate [14]outside and recent influences and in a measure get at “the back of the black man’s mind.”

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서부 아프리카인들의 설화 說話 . The Book of West African Folk-Tales, by William Henry Barker영국 저술가.WEST AFRICAN FOLK-TALESCOLLECTED AND ARRANGED BYW. H. BARKER B.Sc.FORMERLY PRINCIPAL OF THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONACCRA ANDCECILIA SINCLAIRWITH FRONTISPIECE & TWENTY-THREE DRAWINGS BYCECILIA SINCLAIRLONDONGEORGE G. HARRAP & COMPANY2 & 3 PORTSMOUTH STREET KINGSWAY W.C.MCMXVII[4]PRINTED ATTHE COMPLETE PRESS, WEST NORWOOD LONDON, ENGLAND [5]