Bahamas · Folktales and oral traditions
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Bahamas
- Tales
- 2
- Dated records
- 3
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 2
Counts reflect the Atlas catalogue. A link may represent a recording, a publication or an association with a local tradition.
Andros Jack tales survive in print and on sound recordings. Elsie Clews Parsons published transcribed examples in 1918. The 1935 performance by Alexander Finderson and his group lets us hear the transition between speech and song in the same tale family.
Tales in the Atlas
Jack and the Tiger
1918 · Elsie Clews Parsons · Folk-Tales of Andros Island · Father Found III–IV
1935 · Alexander Finderson and group · AFC 1935/001
The Password in the Cow’s Belly
1918 · Elsie Clews Parsons · Folk-Lore, vol. 29 · In the Cow’s Belly, Rabbit and Boukee
Tales found across countries
| Tales | Countries and regions |
|---|---|
| The Password in the Cow’s Belly | Cape Verde Bahamas Sierra Leone |
| Jack and the Tiger | Bahamas India |