Ewe Comic Heroes (RLE Folklore) by Zinta Konrad
Author:Zinta Konrad [Konrad, Zinta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Anthropology, General
ISBN: 9781317551737
Google: 37OgBgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-02-11T02:46:17+00:00
1.2.5.
LIZARD LOSES HIS TONGUE
Performer:
Sieklo Biesi, 9
Date:
October 17, 1978, 4:30 P.M.
Place:
Kotokou KÉdzi, Lomé
Audience:
10 adults, 20 children
The chief said there were three girls. The person1 who learns their names will get the girls. Spider got up, he went ⦠Spider got up and went to the chiefâs house where there was a guava tree. Spider got up and went ⦠he went to climb to the top of the guava tree. He plucked the first fruit and threw it to the ground. The eldest one picked it up. The eldest oneâs name was Wayawuie.2 He plucked the second fruit and threw it on the ground. He heard someone say that Nukunukui should go and pick it up. He plucked the third fruit and threw it on the ground. They said Gbamilo should go pick it up. Spider said, âNow I know your names.â
Spider went home. At dusk he would go call the girls by their names. By the time dusk fell, however, his jaw was swollen. So he went to tell his plight to his cousin, the Lizard.3
Lizard went.4 ⦠All the people came and were calling the girlsâ names until they could call no more. Then Lizard came and struck up a tune:
(Song:)
Pom, pom, pom! We are male lizards, yeah!
It is asked, Wayawuie, Nukunukui, Gbamilo,
Who will know their names?
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