Specimens of Bushman folklore /

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Author / Creator:Bleek, W. H. I. (Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel), 1827-1875, compiler.
Imprint:London : G. Allen & Co., 1911.
Description:1 online resource (xl, 468 pages) : plates (some color), portraits (2 columns, including frontispiece)
Language:English
Series:Black short fiction.
Subject:Folklore -- South Africa.
San (African people)
Folklore.
San (African people)
South Africa.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12469370
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Other title:Bushmen folklore.
Other authors / contributors:Lloyd, Lucy Catherine, -1914, editor.
Theal, George McCall, 1837-1919, writer of introduction.
Notes:"The original Bushman text ... is printed side by side with the English translation."
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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Other form:Print version: Bleek, W.H.I. (Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel), 1827-1875. Specimens of Bushman folklore. London : G. Allen & Co., 1911
Table of Contents:
  • A. Mythology, fables, legends, and poetry. I. The mantis
  • II. Sun and moon
  • III. Stars
  • IIIa. Other myths
  • IV. Animal fables
  • V. Legends
  • VI. Poetry
  • B. History (natural and personal). VII. Animals and their habits
  • adventures with them- and hunting
  • VIII. Personal history
  • IX. Customs and superstitions.