Ambiguous animals

Two theriomorphic metaphors in Kaguru folklore

Bibliographic Data

ID2510786
AuthorsT O Beidelman (corresponding author)
Year1975
Volume45
Issue2
Pages183-200
Publication date1975-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1159656
OpenAlexW2147312591
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited13

Opening ParagraphThis paper deals with certain metaphorical uses of animals in the folklore of the Kaguru, a Bantu language speaking people of east-central Tanzania, East Africa. I have published elsewhere on Kaguru social structure (Beidelman, 1971b) and discuss this here only as it bears directly on the problems at hand. I have published many Kaguru folk-tales as well as various legends, riddles, and other texts (cf. bibliographies, Beidelman, 1967a, 1969, 1974c); it is difficult to publish textual material so that much of my data is still unavailable. In this paper I use published and unpublished texts

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