Liberia · Folktales and oral traditions
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Liberia
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- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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In this Dan story from Liberia, the dogs help in two stages. They first get Dea down from a tree, then open up a world that only he can hear.
Tales in the Atlas
Dea and His Faithful Dogs
1967 · Eberhard Fischer / G. W. Tame-Tabmen · Erzählgut der westlichen Dan in Liberia · pp. 720–721
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