Book Overview
As a child, Philip Sherlock loved to listen to folk tales. Since then he has made a significant contribution to Caribbean folklore by recording many of them in print for the first time.
Here are fables of the birds and animals of the West Indies: jaguar, snake, crested curassow, wild pig, parrot, wise owl, and of Anansi--the spider who can assume human form.
These twenty-one stories are a wonderful mixture of early tales from the Arawak and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0192741276
ISBN13:9780192741271
Release Date:June 1988
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.57 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"
Age Range:9 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 4 and higher
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
West Indian reader
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
What the above poster may not know is that Anansi stories are very much a part of West Indian culture. Seeing as how the West Indies were created by the blood of African slaves this only makes sense. That said, this book is 100% full of West Indian folklore. Enjoy!
Final Grade: 83%
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
With the exception of the first few stories, which are interesting legends that originate with the Native Americans of the Caribbean, all of the other stories are of Akan origin (southern and central Ghana and East Ivory Coast)and deal entirely with the legendary spider, Anance, who is a prominate character in Akan literature.
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