Namibia · Folktales and oral traditions
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Namibia
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- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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Some of the Nama texts sent by Georg Krönlein, who was stationed at Berseba, appeared in Wilhelm Bleek’s 1864 London edition. The Jackal and the Sun is one of them. The map pin follows the collector’s station, while the book was published elsewhere.
Tales in the Atlas
The Jackal and the Sun
1864 · G. Krönlein / W. H. I. Bleek · Why Has the Jackal a Long Black Stripe on His Back? · no. 29
Tales found across countries
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