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Negro Folktales in Michigan
This chapter is in the book Negro Folktales in Michigan

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
  3. CONTENTS ix
  4. LIST OF TALES xi
  5. I. THE COMMUNITIES AND THE STORYTELLERS 1
  6. II. THE ART OF NEGRO STORYTELLING 19
  7. III. ANIMAL AND BIRD STORIES 31
  8. IV. OLD MARSTER AND JOHN 49
  9. V. COLORED MAN 75
  10. VI. HORRORS 84
  11. VII. HOODOOS AND TWO-HEADS 100
  12. VIII. SPIRITS AND HANTS 120
  13. IX. WITCHES AND WONDERS 137
  14. Χ. THE LORD AND THE DEVIL 155
  15. XI. PREACHERS 167
  16. XII. LIARS AND IRISHMEN 175
  17. XIII. FAIRY TALES 186
  18. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES 201
  19. INDEX OF INFORMANTS 235
  20. INDEX OF MOTIFS 241
  21. INDEX OF TALE TYPES 247
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674330252.c15

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
  3. CONTENTS ix
  4. LIST OF TALES xi
  5. I. THE COMMUNITIES AND THE STORYTELLERS 1
  6. II. THE ART OF NEGRO STORYTELLING 19
  7. III. ANIMAL AND BIRD STORIES 31
  8. IV. OLD MARSTER AND JOHN 49
  9. V. COLORED MAN 75
  10. VI. HORRORS 84
  11. VII. HOODOOS AND TWO-HEADS 100
  12. VIII. SPIRITS AND HANTS 120
  13. IX. WITCHES AND WONDERS 137
  14. Χ. THE LORD AND THE DEVIL 155
  15. XI. PREACHERS 167
  16. XII. LIARS AND IRISHMEN 175
  17. XIII. FAIRY TALES 186
  18. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES 201
  19. INDEX OF INFORMANTS 235
  20. INDEX OF MOTIFS 241
  21. INDEX OF TALE TYPES 247
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