U.S. Virgin Islands · Folktales and oral traditions
Documented transfer
Related telling or shared motif
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U.S. Virgin Islands
- Tales
- 1
- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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Some Anansi tales from the U.S. Virgin Islands were written down in Dutch Creole. In this record, Tekoma joins Anansi and the pair defy the king’s order together.
Tales in the Atlas
Anansi, Tekoma and the Buried Cow
1926 · J. P. B. de Josselin de Jong · Het huidige Negerhollandsch · no. LXXX
Tales found across countries
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