African myths and beliefs, Tony Allan, Fergus Fleming, and Charles Phillips
Type
Label
African myths and beliefs, Tony Allan, Fergus Fleming, and Charles Phillips
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
African myths and beliefs
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
751922158
Responsibility statement
Tony Allan, Fergus Fleming, and Charles Phillips
Series statement
World mythologies
Summary
Examines the myths and beliefs of Sub-Saharan Africa
Table Of 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