Episode Synopsis "21 – The Hunter and the Tortoise"

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More episodes of the podcast West African Folk Tales

• 01 – How We Got The Name Spider Tales
• 02 – How Wisdom Became The Property Of The Human Race
• 03 – Anansi and Nothing
• 04 – Thunder and Anansi
• 05 – Why the Lizard Continually Moves his Head up and Down
• 06 – Tit For Tat
• 07 – Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property
• 08 – The Squirrel and the Spider
• 09 – Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles As Big As Themselves
• 10 – Why Spiders are Always Found in Corners
• 11 – Anansi and the Blind Fisherman
• 12 – Adzanumee and her Mother
• 13 – The Grinding-stone that Ground Flour by Itself
• 14 – Morning Sunrise
• 15 – Why the Sea-turtle When Caught Beats Its Breast with Its Forelegs
• 16 – How Beasts And Serpents First Came Into The World
• 17 – Honourable Minu
• 18 – Why the Moon and Stars Get Light from the Sun
• 19 – Ohia and the Thieving Deer
• 20 – How the Tortoise got its Shell
• 21 – The Hunter and the Tortoise
• 22 – Kwofi and the Gods
• 23 – The Lion and the Wolf
• 24 – Maku Mawu and Maku Fia
• 25 – The Robber and the Old Man
• 26 – The Leopard and the Ram
• 27 – Why the Leopard Can Only Catch Prey on Its Left Side
• 28 – Quarcoo Bah-Boni
• 29 – King Chameleon and the Animals
• 30 – To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren is a Very Foolish Thing to Do
• 31 – The Ungrateful Man
• 32 – Why Tigers never Attack Men Unless they are Provoked
• 33 – The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles
• 34 – How Mushrooms First Grew
• 35 – Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies