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These enchanting tales from the Masai of East Africa describe worlds of warriors and devils, monkeys and hyenas, earthquakes and comets ― magical realms, in which everyday life takes on supernatural elements. For the past hundred years, this volume has served as an authoritative source for studies of Masai culture.
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Some 80 short narratives selected from anthropologist Hollis' The Masai: Their Language and Folklore , published in 1905 by Clarendon Press, London. The new editors have left out tales in the east African language, Americanized the English, slightly rewritten two parables, and translated into English a passage he thought best rendered in Latin. Cul
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Masai Myths, Tales and Riddles (Masai, Selections)
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Dover Publications (edition Abridged edition), 2003
ISBN 10: 0486431991
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