Children in Nama and Damara Tales of Magic

Research Article

Bibliographic Data

ID8933072
AuthorsSigrid Schmidt (corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume116
Issue2
Pages155-171
Publication date2005-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFolklore (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00155870500140206
OpenAlexW1848672887
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

This essay focuses on the narrative traditions of the Nama-speaking peoples in Namibia, South Africa. It describes tales in which children are the main protagonists and discusses the character of African tales of magic. It shows that in these tales the “laws” of tale-telling that are known from studies of Western tales by Axel Olrik and Max Lüthi, for example, are stronger than a desire to depict reality. The African tales about children are compared with Western ones about children, particularly in relation to the ATU 327 complex. The paper suggests that both these European tales and African tales of magic should be treated as a special subgenre

Art · Character (mathematics · Ethnology · Genealogy · Literature · MAGIC (telescope · Narrative · Relation (database · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History

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