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Yoruba Mythology: Captivating Myths and Legends of the Yoruba and Other West African Peoples
Do you like stories about kings and queens, spirits and monsters, or tricksters and villains?
If so, this book is for you. Containing delightful stories from the Yoruba and other West African peoples, this book presents tales of courage and cunning, virtue and vice, and fortunes found and lost. Some of these stories draw upon actual historical persons and events, while others are purely fictional, but each story has something to delight any reader.
Here are just a few of the stories you will find inside this
How Queen Moremi saved her people from their enemies
Why King Oranyan’s staff still stands in its place today
How Gassire gave up dreams of a kingdom to become a singer of tales
How a king wanted to know what it was like to be poor and found out the hard way
How clever commoners outwitted the kings who wanted to kill them
How the Ashanti came to farm yams
How a baby who was not yet ready to be born defeated the monster Sasabonsam
How the wise and clever Kumba saved her village from a man-eating lion
How Kigbo the farmer learned the hard way that it is not wise to play around with spirits
And much, much more!
Scroll up and click the “add to cart” button to enjoy each of these captivating West African stories!
If so, this book is for you. Containing delightful stories from the Yoruba and other West African peoples, this book presents tales of courage and cunning, virtue and vice, and fortunes found and lost. Some of these stories draw upon actual historical persons and events, while others are purely fictional, but each story has something to delight any reader.
Here are just a few of the stories you will find inside this
How Queen Moremi saved her people from their enemies
Why King Oranyan’s staff still stands in its place today
How Gassire gave up dreams of a kingdom to become a singer of tales
How a king wanted to know what it was like to be poor and found out the hard way
How clever commoners outwitted the kings who wanted to kill them
How the Ashanti came to farm yams
How a baby who was not yet ready to be born defeated the monster Sasabonsam
How the wise and clever Kumba saved her village from a man-eating lion
How Kigbo the farmer learned the hard way that it is not wise to play around with spirits
And much, much more!
Scroll up and click the “add to cart” button to enjoy each of these captivating West African stories!
98 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 25, 2022
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July 1, 2024
Wish it was edited a bit more
Some of the stories were great, but the editing made it hard to read because the text was densely packed together. There's also so many names to remember without maybe like a glossary, a story could be 2-3 pages long and you'd be introduced to over 5 names of people and then the kingdom and then the other names of the location, spirits and people. Some stories are to the point, but this was hard to read, so i ended up not finishing through. Some stories also lack purpose and could be summed up to be even shorter, but that's the thing with old tales and mythos. The editing, tho tho makes this hard to read and enjoy.
Some of the stories were great, but the editing made it hard to read because the text was densely packed together. There's also so many names to remember without maybe like a glossary, a story could be 2-3 pages long and you'd be introduced to over 5 names of people and then the kingdom and then the other names of the location, spirits and people. Some stories are to the point, but this was hard to read, so i ended up not finishing through. Some stories also lack purpose and could be summed up to be even shorter, but that's the thing with old tales and mythos. The editing, tho tho makes this hard to read and enjoy.
December 20, 2022
I’m a fan of myths and legends and it was really enjoyable reading about myths and legends from different cultures. The stories were unfamiliar but the morals and cautionary ideas were familiar and cut across all cultures.
The book is easy to read and informative. As a reader it is enjoyable to have little introductory blurbs that give more or additional information that adds understanding.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
The book is easy to read and informative. As a reader it is enjoyable to have little introductory blurbs that give more or additional information that adds understanding.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 17, 2022
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. I truly enjoyed these myths and the way they were told. The messages each story gave were good and meaningful.
December 28, 2022
Very interesting, but needs better editing.
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