St. Vincent & Grenadines · 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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St. Vincent & Grenadines
- 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.
In Parsons’s Saint Vincent records, Anansi also goes by Nancy. The story that pits Whale against Elephant can be read alongside the Suriname text of the same contest.
Tales in the Atlas
Anansi, Whale and Elephant’s Rope
1933 · Elsie Clews Parsons · Folk-Lore of the Antilles, part 1 · Nancy Pretends to Pull Against Whale and Elephant
Tales found across countries
| Tales | Countries and regions |
|---|---|
| Anansi, Whale and Elephant’s Rope | St. Vincent & Grenadines Suriname Seychelles |