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- catalog abstract "Twenty-one illustrated tales from the Ashanti people of Ghana.".
- catalog contributor b4570391.
- catalog contributor b4570392.
- catalog contributor b4570393.
- catalog created "[1957]".
- catalog date "1957".
- catalog date "[1957]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1957]".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Ashanti, from whom these stories come-- -- All stories are Anansi's : how Anansi got them -- Anansi, the oldest of animals : how Anansi proved it -- Anansi's hat-shaking dance : how Anansi got his bald head, and why he hides in the tall grass -- Two feasts for Anansi : why Anansi is very thin in the middle -- Anansi plays dead : why Anansi hides in dark corners -- The liar's contest : why Anansi eats flies, moths, and mosquitoes -- Why wisdom is found everywhere : and why some people don't have it -- Osebo's drum : why the turtle has a hard cover, and why the leopard has spots -- Anansi and the elephant go hunting : why the elephant is large in front and small behind, and why he lives in the tall grass country -- The planting party : why enemies shouldn't be invited to a planting bee, and why the praying mantis has a thin belly -- Okraman's medicine : why the dog steals meat -- Anansi borrows money : why the dying snake turns his belly to the sky -- Anansi's rescue from the river : why the moon is in the sky -- Anansi and the elephant exchange knocks : why there are elephants everywhere -- How the lizard lost and regained his farm : why the lizard moves his head up and down, and why the spider endlessly spins his web and catches flies -- Anansi steals the palm wine : how debt first came to Ashanti -- The elephant's tail : why the hawk hovers over a fire -- The porcupine's hoe : and why there are many hoes in Ashanti -- The sword that fought by itself : why the tinni plant cuts anyone who touches it -- Nyame's well : why the frog has no tail -- The coming of the yams : why sons don't inherit from their fathers in Ashanti -- Notes on the stories.".
- catalog description "Twenty-one illustrated tales from the Ashanti people of Ghana.".
- catalog extent "115 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Hat-shaking dance, and other tales from the Gold Coast.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Hat-shaking dance, and other tales from the Gold Coast.".
- catalog issued "1957".
- catalog issued "[1957]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, Harcourt, Brace".
- catalog relation "Hat-shaking dance, and other tales from the Gold Coast.".
- catalog spatial "Africa.".
- catalog spatial "Ghana.".
- catalog subject "Ashanti (African people) Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Folklore Africa.".
- catalog subject "PZ8.1.C8 Hat".
- catalog subject "Tales Ghana.".
- catalog subject "[398.2]".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Ashanti, from whom these stories come-- -- All stories are Anansi's : how Anansi got them -- Anansi, the oldest of animals : how Anansi proved it -- Anansi's hat-shaking dance : how Anansi got his bald head, and why he hides in the tall grass -- Two feasts for Anansi : why Anansi is very thin in the middle -- Anansi plays dead : why Anansi hides in dark corners -- The liar's contest : why Anansi eats flies, moths, and mosquitoes -- Why wisdom is found everywhere : and why some people don't have it -- Osebo's drum : why the turtle has a hard cover, and why the leopard has spots -- Anansi and the elephant go hunting : why the elephant is large in front and small behind, and why he lives in the tall grass country -- The planting party : why enemies shouldn't be invited to a planting bee, and why the praying mantis has a thin belly -- Okraman's medicine : why the dog steals meat -- Anansi borrows money : why the dying snake turns his belly to the sky -- Anansi's rescue from the river : why the moon is in the sky -- Anansi and the elephant exchange knocks : why there are elephants everywhere -- How the lizard lost and regained his farm : why the lizard moves his head up and down, and why the spider endlessly spins his web and catches flies -- Anansi steals the palm wine : how debt first came to Ashanti -- The elephant's tail : why the hawk hovers over a fire -- The porcupine's hoe : and why there are many hoes in Ashanti -- The sword that fought by itself : why the tinni plant cuts anyone who touches it -- Nyame's well : why the frog has no tail -- The coming of the yams : why sons don't inherit from their fathers in Ashanti -- Notes on the stories.".
- catalog title "The hat-shaking dance, and other tales from the Gold Coast, by Harold Courlander, with Albert Kofi Prempeh. Illustrated by Enrico Arno.".
- catalog type "Folklore. fast".
- catalog type "text".