Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Week 7A Reading

Week 7A Reading will be from the Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort were collected in the late 19th century by R. E. Dennett

1. How the Wives Restored Their Husband To Life -
The women were starving until the men brought them food to eat after a long hunt. The women imagined that the men were dead and brought them back to life and they made them food. 

2. How Gazelle Got Married -
Nsassi claimed two women as his wives. There was a war but Nsassi won and got to marry the women.

3. The Vanishing Wife -
A weird section about a parrot showing a fish to woman and making everything vanish into thin air.

4. Another Vanishing Wife -
Instead of the woman leaving it was the other way around. The men left the woman because she treated him badly.

5. The Jealous Wife -
The wife was jealous of the other wife due to her having a more brighter and more intelligent child.

6. Ngomba's Balloon -
While fishing she lets our her frustrations over her mothers' neglect.

7. The Wicked Husband -
They killed husband by burning him alive while he was tied up and they made the wife smoke and dry the body.

8. How Kengi Lost Her Child -
Gunga stole Kengi's new born child and Kengi cried as she demanded that Gunga give her the kid.

9. The Twin Brothers -
Not a very good relationship between the two brothers as Luemba hunted his brother down and killed him.

10. The Younger Brother Who Knew More Than The Elder -
They went out and discovered that one of their wives was in a trap. The brother ultimately tricked the man and returned home with the wife.

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