Cape Verde · Folktales and oral traditions
Documented transfer
Related telling or shared motif
Dashed lines show parallels. Direction is shown where a source documents the transfer.
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Cape Verde
- Tales
- 1
- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 1
Counts reflect the Atlas catalogue. A link may represent a recording, a publication or an association with a local tradition.
Lob and Tubinh’s adventure in Cabo Verde turns on words to get in and words to remember on the way out. The 1918 comparison shows which animals take on similar roles elsewhere.
Tales in the Atlas
The Password in the Cow’s Belly
1918 · Elsie Clews Parsons · Folk-Lore, vol. 29 · In the Cow’s Belly, Lob and Tubinh
Tales found across countries
| Tales | Countries and regions |
|---|---|
| The Password in the Cow’s Belly | Cape Verde Bahamas Sierra Leone |