Ethiopian Folktales

Stories were collected in Bonga in the Kafa region in February 2001 with the assistance of Yacob Woldemariam Dimeno and Tiringo Sigatu of the Regional Educational Bureau. The work of translating the stories from Amharic into English was done by Mesfin Habte-mariam.

Imahoy Zewditu Wudineh

One story in this small collection (Wisdom Rules) evokes the long history of Kafa and the peoples who co-existed under the rule of the kings. There is a notably strong vein of philosophy running through some of the narratives, as in Sorrow Ages Man and The Father's Will.

Contents:

	Story	Narrator
1	The Foolish Husband and the Clever Wife	Ayelew Haile
2	The Foolish Servant	Ayelew Haile
3	Wisdom Rules	Worku Alemu
4	The Bird’s Advice	Worku Woldemariam
5	Sorrow Ages Man	Worku Alemu
6	The Coward and his Wife	Worku Woldemariam
7	The Snake is Better than the Man	Worku Alemu
8	The Father’s Will	Imahoy Zewditu Wudineh
9	The Cat, the Rat and the Cock	Imahoy Zewditu Wudineh
10	Keja Gonde	Worku Alemu
11	The Old Man’s Stick	Worku Alemu

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