Courlander, Harold

Thirty-one folk tales from Asia, the Middle East, and islands in the Pacific with a section of notes on each story at the end of the book.

Believed to be the reincarnation of a hated leader, a young boy is cast out from his village and wanders performing many heroic deeds until the fulfillment of a prophecy helps him find his true identity.

The stories of West Africa are about men and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters. They tell about clever people and stupid people, about good ones and bad ones, about how things and animals got to be how they are. Some stories in this book will make you think. Some will make you laugh.

A collection of twenty-five folk stories and legends from Ethiopia and Eritrea.