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African myths and beliefs

Author: Tony Allan; Fergus Fleming; Charles Phillips
Publisher: New York : Rosen Pub., 2012.
Series: World mythologies
Edition/Format:  Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Examines the myths and beliefs of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tony Allan; Fergus Fleming; Charles Phillips
ISBN: 9781448859894 1448859891
OCLC Number: 751922158
Description: 144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 27 cm.
Contents: Cradle of humankind --
Africa and its peoples --
Picture essay: Ancient palaces of the kings --
Wonders of creation --
Oldest tales of the San --
The separation of heaven and earth --
Making the earth --
Ancestors of humankind --
The duality of twinship --
The origin of cattle --
Life's staples of food and fire --
Ancient serpent beings --
Picute essay: Scars of ancestry --
An ordered world --
The coming of death --
Living in terror of witches --
Seeking sanctuary from shapeshifters --
The diviner's secret arts --
Brotherhoods of the initiates --
the roles of men and women --
Learning lessons from the animals --
Picture essay: Death's rich ritual --
Heroes and tricksters --
The epic songs of the bards --
Wonderful children --
Lonkundo the hunter --
Son of death --
The blacksmith culture heroes --
Anarchic first man --
Unwitting agents of order --
Keen wits of Ananse --
Hlakanyana the Zulu trickster --
Legba the lecher god --
The outwitting of the mischief-maker --
Dark spirits of the forest fastnesses --
Picture essay: The mystique of masks --
Kingdoms and empires --
The kings who came from the sky --
The vanishing city --
The lion of manding --
The queen of Sheba's son --
The wise and peaceful king --
A hero betrayed --
The African legacy.
Series Title: World mythologies
Responsibility: Tony Allan, Fergus Fleming, and Charles Phillips.

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Examines the myths and beliefs of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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