TY - BOOK AU - Arnott, Kathleen. TI - Tales from Africa SN - 9780192750792 U1 - 823.914 21 PY - 2000///, c1962 CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Tales KW - Africa KW - Folklore KW - Mythology, African KW - Juvenile fiction N1 - Originally published as: African myths and legends, 1962; Includes bibliographical references; Why the dog is the friend of man -- The man who learned the language of the animals -- Tortoise and the lizard -- The rubber man -- Tortois e and the baboon -- Spider and the lion -- Thunder and lightning -- Why the crab has no head or how the first river was made -- A test of skil l -- The tale of the superman -- Why the bush-fowl calls at dawn and wh y flies buzz -- Spider and squirrel -- Unanana and the elephant -- Spid er's web -- The magic horns -- Snake magic -- Hare and the corn bins -- What the squirrel saw -- Hare and the hyena -- The calabash children - - The blacksmith's dilemma -- The magic drum -- Why the sun and moon li ve in the sky -- The monkey's heart -- The children who lived in a tree -house -- Why the bat flies at night -- Tug of war -- The discontented fish -- Hallabau's jealousy -- Goto, King of the land and the water -- The singing drum and the mysterious pumpkin -- The snake chief -- The t wo brothers -- Fereyel and Debbo Engal the witch ER -