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The King of the Snakes and Other Folklore Stories from Uganda

Rosetta Baskerville

English

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Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1922, are stories that Baskerville heard herself, while other stories she adapted from the Baganda folktales collected by Apollo Kaggwa [1864–1927]. You will find origin stories here, like "Why the Bat Sleeps All Through the Day," and "How the Grey Parrots Got Their Red Tails," along with many other animal stories, including trickster stories like "The Leopard and the Goat." There are fairy tales, like "The Story of the Fairy Bee," as well as stories of heroes and monsters like "The King of the Snakes" and "The Story of Kibate." The story of "Walukaga the Blacksmith" tells the story behind a proverb, and the book also includes a selection of proverbs. In addition, Baskerville published is a second book of Ugandan folktales in 1925, and you can also listen to that book at LibriVox: The Flame Tree and Other Folklore Stories from Uganda. - Summary by Laura Gibbs

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  1. 1 00 - Preface 1:12
  2. 2 01 - The King of the Snakes 4:50
  3. 3 02 - The Story of Kintu 6:24
  4. 4 03 - The Story of the Fairy Bee 6:34
  5. 5 04 - The Story of Mpobe the Hunter 5:42
  6. 6 05 - Walukaga the Blacksmith 4:05
  7. 7 06 - Why the Bat Sleeps All Through the Day 3:10
  8. 8 07 - Kasanke the Little Red Bird 5:17
  9. 9 08 - The Frog and the Lizard 3:01
  10. 10 09 - The Song of the Forest Wanderer 1:08
  11. 11 10 - The Story of the Chief Kasuju 4:34
  12. 12 11 - The Story of Kibate 6:48
  13. 13 12 - The Golden-crested Crane 7:32
  14. 14 13 - The Song of the Grey Heron 0:54
  15. 15 14 - The Story of the Grey Heron 3:20
  16. 16 15 - The Crimson-striped Lily 3:30
  17. 17 16 - The Cooking-pot and the Drum 3:00
  18. 18 17 - The Story of the Fairy Foxes 4:14
  19. 19 18 - The Locusts 3:57
  20. 20 19 - The Story of the Hippos 2:45
  21. 21 20 - The Leopard and the Goat 4:52
  22. 22 21 - The Stranger 8:14
  23. 23 22 - The Lion, the Hyena, and the Hare 5:29
  24. 24 23 - How the Hare Traded With a Bag of Corn 7:10
  25. 25 24 - The Foolish Hare 5:44
  26. 26 25 - The Story of the Cock and the Hen 2:30
  27. 27 26 - Uganda Lullaby 0:55
  28. 28 27 - The Story of the Two Friends 10:06
  29. 29 28 - How the Grey Parrots Got Their Red Tails 9:05
  30. 30 29 - The Song of the Old Caravan Days 1:01
  31. 31 30 - The Guardians of the Snakes 6:05
  32. 32 31 - Proverbs 3:39

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