# Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria

Author: Dayrell, Elphinstone, 1869-1917

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70959

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ikom+folk+stories+from+Southern+Nigeria+Dayrell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

These folk stories have been told to me by natives of the various countries to which they relate in the Ikom district of Southern Nigeria. In all cases they have had to be translated by an interpreter, and frequently it has been found necessary to employ two. Some of the stories are very old and have been handed down from one generation to another, but it is most difficult, almost impossible, to judge with any degree of accuracy how old they really are. The word “dowry” comes frequently into these tales, and is used as meaning the amount paid to the parents of the girl by the husband. In the introduction to my _Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria_, published in 1910, Mr. Andrew Lang sugges...

## Chapters

- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/ikom-folk-stories-from-southern-nigeria-70959/chapters/14/index.md)