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The Antelope And The Leopard
A tale about why the leopard always kills the antelope when he comes across one. The story tells of the leopard betting the antelope that if he hid then the antelope wouldn’t find him, in fact, he bet his life on it. The antelope did find him and the angry leopard told the antelope to hide, the the same life bet. The leopard couldn’t find the antelope and being hungry packed a bag of nuts and returned to his village to get the villagers to help with his search. A dog jumped out of a cracked nut and ran to the first of the leopard’s wives. She beat it and it ran to the second, on and on until the fourth wife killed the dog. As the dog was dying it changed into a princess. The leopard desperately wanted to marry the maiden that he did all the things she asked including: killing his four wives, pulling his claws, cutting out his eyes, cutting off his ears, cutting of his feet, and pulling his teeth. By now the leopard was dying. The maiden then turned herself into the antelope and said that he destroyed not only the leopard’s life but also his family.
The Turtle and The Man
The greedy, mean trickster turtle starts by choosing the best side of the animal trap. Next, he tricks the ox into taking the antelope out of the trap, fetching water, cleaning the plates, and then hiding with all the meat in his house when the ox returned with leaves to wrap his share of the ox in. The mad ox sought to destroy the trap but only ended up dying in it. The same story happens with a leopard helping take out the ox for the turtle. This time, the leopard destroyed the trap, but put a rope around his neck and played dead. When the turtle came near the leopard, the leopard bit his head off and returned to the turtle’s house to eat the meat. The man agreed that the turtle was wrong and that the leopard should eat the meat.
How The Fetish Sung Punished My Great-Uncle’s Twin Brother, Basa
The female fetish, Sunga, watched as the fisherman, Basa, caught fish and hoarded them. He repeatedly lied to the people that he did not catch any. Sunga sent a servant to get Basa and bring him to her. When Basa arrived, Sunga had set a magnificent feast, Basa at first refused to eat, then he ate and drank. Sunga took away his ability to speak so that he couldn’t lie.
The Fight Between The Two Fetishes, Lifuma And Chimpukela
The resulting fight between the fetish Lifuma and the fetish Chimpukela result in each fetish impacting where they live. The first, Chimpukela swore after falling on the ant-hill, that no
Bibliography: Stories from the Congo, Dennett, http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/myth-folklore-unit-stories-from-congo.html
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