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Yoja, the Donkey and the Motorcycle

In short: Yoja trades his donkey for a motorcycle. Both travellers try to make sense of their new transport through old habits.

Yoja, the Donkey and the Motorcycle · A donkey traded for a motorcycle FAIRY TALE ATLAS · № 280 Yoja, the Donkey and the Motorcycle Yoja trades his donkey for a motorcycle. Origin Western Sahara · Sahrawi storytelling tradition, approximate location Atlas record 2010 First appearance Exact date unknown SIGNATURE MOTIF A donkey traded for a motorcycle Reach¹ 1/10 Suggested age² 8+ Member rating No votes yet 1 records · 1 countries or regions blackhorsestories.com

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Origin and tradition

Western Sahara · Sahrawi storytelling tradition, approximate location

In the telling by Prieto Cebrián and Jiménez Trigueros, Yoja meets a motorcyclist from town while carrying firewood. One admires the motorcycle’s speed and the other the donkey’s load. After they part, Yoja tries to help the motor along with grass and straw. The townsman treats the donkey like a machine. Both mistakes grow out of the same exchange.

Dated records and sources

  1. 2010 · Western Sahara · Sahrawi storytelling tradition, approximate location
    Fernando Prieto Cebrián / Antonio Jiménez Trigueros · Yoja y el hombre de la ciudad · Fundación de Cultura Islámica · Public retelling

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