Ethiopian Folktales

Gambelaጋምቤላ

45 storiesተረቶች ↓

Stories were collected from the Gambela region in February and September 1997. The collection was facilitated with the collaboration of Ogota Agiw of the Gambela Education and Culture Bureau. Translations from Anuak were made by Ogota Agiw, from Komo by Gosay Teressa, and from Nuer by Pastor James Duot Dol. Other stories were narrated in Amharic and translated into English by Ogota Agiw and Michael Ambatchew of the British Council.

This fascinating collection of stories from five different cultural traditions in the Gambela region contains a number of animal fables (eg The Story of the Fox, The Hyena and the Fox), and the exciting tale of a cannibalistic ogre with the power of shape-shifting (Ngap and Nyakwiy). The outrageous trickster Achok and the gentler trickster Agenga feature in the Anuak stories. Lave and Wallock are their counterparts in the Majangir stories, with Ganya in the Nuer stories. The Anuak story Separation of Animals and Human Beings at Creation is an interesting mirror of the blessing of Jacob in Genesis, while Hunting Fish with Long Narrow Spears describes the coming of the kings to the Anuak people.

በጋምቤላ ክልል ውስጥ ተረቶቹ የተሰበሰቡት በየካቲት ወር1989 ዓ.ም. እና በመስከረም ወር 1990 ዓ.ም. ነው፡፡ ተረቶቹም የተሰበሰቡት የጋምቤላ የትምህርትና ባህል ቢሮ ባልደረባ በሆኑትበአቶ ኦጎታ አጊው ትብብር ነው፡፡ ተረቶቹ ከአኝዋክ በኦጎታ አጊው፣ ከኮሞ በጎሳዬ ተሬሳ እና ከኑዌር በፓስተር ጄምስ ዱዎትዶል ወደ አማርኛ የተመለሱ ናቸው፡፡ ሌሎቹ ታሪኮች በቀጥታ በአማርኛ የተተረኩ ሲሆን በኦጎታ አጊው እና በብሪትሽ ካውንስሉ ማይክል ዳንኤል አንባቸው ወደ እንግሊዘኛ ቋንቋ የተመለሱ ናቸው፡፡

በጋምቤላ ክልል ከሚገኙ አምስት ባህላዊ ስርአቶች የተሰበሰቡት እነዚህ አስደናቂ ታሪኮች ብዙ የእንስሳት ተረቶችን (ለምሳሌ የቀበሮው ታሪክ፣ ጅብ እና ቀበሮ) እንዲሁም በጣም አስገራሚውንና ቅርፁን የሚቀይረውን የሰው በላ ጭራቅን ታሪክ ያካተቱ ናቸው(ንጋፕና ንያክዊ)፡፡ በጣም ተንኮለኛው አቾክና ለዘብተኛው አታላይ አጌንጋ በአኝዋክ ታሪኮች ውስጥ የሚገኙ ገፀ ባህሪያት ናቸው፡፡ ሌቭና ዋሎክ በመዠንገር ታሪኮች ውስጥ እንዲሁም ጋንያ በኑዌር ታሪኮች ውስጥ የሚገኙ የአኝዋኮቹ አቻ ገፀ ባህሪያት ናቸው፡፡ ሰዎችና እንስሳት በሥነ ፍጥረት እንዴት እንደተለዩ የሚለው የአኝዋክ ታሪክ በዘፍጥረት ውስጥ ያለው የያዕቆብ መባረክ አስገራሚ ነፀብራቅ ሲሆን ዓሣን በረጅምና ቀጭን ጦር ማጥመድ የሚለው ታሪክ ደግሞ የነገስታትን ወደ አኝዋክ ህዝቦች መምጣት የሚያሳይ ነው፡፡

Reverend James Duot Dol, Nuer storyteller from Gambela
Reverend James Duot Dol, Nuer storyteller from Gambelaቀሲስ ጄምስ ዱዎትዶል፣ የኑዌር ተረት ተራኪ ከጋምቤላ
Listen — told in the original voice (Anuak)
In Anuak
In Anuak
In Anuak
In Anuak

Part of Voices of Ethiopia. Language attributions are being confirmed with the collectors.

  1. Achok and his Motherአቾክና እናቱNarrated by Chame Kwer
  2. Achok and his Uncleአቾክና አጎቱNarrated by Odolla Owar
  3. Achok and Lerro Collect Honeyአቾክና ሌሮ ማር በመሰብሰብ ላይNarrated by Chame Kwer
  4. Achok and Lerro go Fishingአቾክና ሌሮ አሣ በማጥመድ ላይNarrated by Chame Kwer
  5. Adurat and her Sistersአዱራትና እህቶቿNarrated by Ajulu Ojwatto
  6. Agenga and his Friendአጌንጋና ጓደኛውNarrated by Kwot Awak
  7. Agenga and the Maizeአጌንጋና በቆሎውNarrated by Obothi Cham
  8. Agenga Tricks the Kingአጌንጋ ንጉሱን አታለላቸውNarrated by Obothi Cham
  9. Fooling the Kingንጉሱን ማታለልNarrated by Amino Ojulo
  10. Ganya and the Hyenaጋንያና ጅቡNarrated by Niall Gatch
  11. Ganya, the Greedy Manጋንያ ስስታሙ ሰውNarrated by Niall Gatch
  12. God and Manአምላክና ሰውNarrated by Rhamsey Schwoll
  13. How the Dog Lost her Voiceየውሻ ድምፅ መጥፋትNarrated by Tito Bangey
  14. Hunting Fish with Long, Narrow Spearsዓሣን በረጅምና ቀጭን ጦር ማጥመድNarrated by Akwai Gora
  15. Kulang in Prisonኩላንግ በእስር ቤትNarrated by Niall Gatch
  16. Lave and Wallockሌቭና ዋሎክNarrated by Marcos Damene
  17. Ngap and Nyakwiyንጋፕና ንያክዊNarrated by Rhamsey Schwoll
  18. Omot and Guur – The Two Brothersኦሞትና ጉዑር፤ ሁለቱ ወንድማማቾችNarrated by Opiew Amwong
  19. Separation of Animals and Human Beings at Creationሰዎችና እንስሳት በሥነ ፍጥረት እንዴት እንደተለዩNarrated by Akwai Gora
  20. Shooting the Hippopotamusጉማሬን ተኩሶ መግደልNarrated by Peter Ochande
  21. The Baboon, the Monkey and the Foxዝንጀሮ፣ ጦጣና ቀበሮNarrated by Odolla Owar
  22. The Blind Manዓይነ-ሥውሩ ሰውNarrated by Rev. Stephen Pal
  23. The Brave Womanቆራጧ ሴትNarrated by Ariet Peta
  24. The Bush Rat and the Ladyየዱር አይጥና አንዲት ሴትNarrated by Sambo Likasa Haya
  25. The Cruel Fatherጨካኙ አባትNarrated by Achan Okogn
  26. The Dog and his Masterውሻውና ጌታውNarrated by Okok Ojulo
  27. The Elephant and the Roosterዝሆንና አውራ ዶሮNarrated by Niall Gatch
  28. The Father’s Lessonየአባትየው አስተምሮትNarrated by Obang Oboti
  29. The Forest of Secretsየምስጢሮች ጫካNarrated by Opiew Amwong
  30. The Greedy Husbandስስታሙ ባልNarrated by Akuchchwach Chibi
  31. The Hungry Snakeየተራበው እባብNarrated by Opiew Amwong
  32. The Hyena and the Foxጅብና ቀበሮNarrated by Pastor James Duot Dol
  33. The Hyena who Looked upየሚያንጋጥጠው ጅብNarrated by Okok Ojulo
  34. The Landlordየመሬት ባላባቱNarrated by Duwal Pul
  35. The Lion and the Monkeyአንበሳና ጦጣNarrated by Rhamsey Schwoll
  36. The Lion's Songየአንበሳው ዘፈንNarrated by Alami Akwur
  37. The Lottery Ticketየሎተሪ ቲኬቱNarrated by Duwal Pul
  38. The Magic Cowአስማተኛዋ ላምNarrated by Ajulo Okogn
  39. The Man with the Limpአንካሳው ሰውNarrated by Sambo Likasa Haya
  40. The Mouse Catchersአይጥ አጥማጆቹNarrated by Peter Ochande
  41. The Pregnant Woman and the Lionsነፍሰ ጡሯ ሴትና አንበሶችNarrated by Akway Ojulo
  42. The Story of the Foxየቀበሮው ታሪክNarrated by John Kurang
  43. The Widowባሏ የሞተባት ሴትNarrated by Obang Oboti
  44. The Young Guestወጣቱ እንግዳNarrated by Opiew Amwong
  45. Traditional Way of Lifeባህላዊ አኗኗርNarrated by Chame Kwer