Biography: Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo) by R.E. Dennett (1898): link here
Stories in Section:
-How the Wives Restored Their Husband to Life
-How Gazelle Got Married
-The Vanishing Wife
-Another Vanishing Wife
-The Jealous Wife
-Ngomba’s Balloon
-The Wicked Husband
-How Kengi Lost Her Child
-The Twin Brothers
-The Younger Brother Who Knew More than the Elder
Favorite story in section: How the Wives Restored Their Husband To Life:
-Nenpetro: great hunter
-three wives:
The Dreamer (N)
The Guide (S)
The Raiser of the Dead (F)
-Nenpetro was killed by an ox
-N dreamed of his killing
-S showed them where to go to find him
-F brings him back to life
-Nenpetro says Fulla Fulla “is the most to be prized” because she brought him back to life
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| Which do you believe is Fulla Fulla? |
-many of the stories have to do with familial relations and one being better than the other (better sister, wife, etc)
-importance of animals
-everyone was “fine” “beautiful” “handsome” “great”
-multiple wives in many of the stories, cultural variations
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