Table of Contents
Preface ix
Introduction: Why Is Storytelling Important? xi
Part I Thematic Essays
History of Storytelling around the World (or the Origin and Early History of Storytelling) 3
Common Storytelling Elements across Cultures 11
Storytelling Media: Oral, Art, and Music 19
Lessons Stories Teach Us 27
The Birth and Development of 21st-century Stories 35
Part II Storytelling across Cultural Groups
Africa 45
Ashanti 45
Azande 50
Baganda 54
Bemba 60
Berber 64
Bulu 68
Dahomeans 71
Fjort 76
Hadjerai 80
Hausa 83
Ju/'Hoansi Bushmen 88
Khoikhoi/Hottentot 92
Limba 96
Maasai 100
Malagasy 105
Nandi 110
Swahili 113
Yoruba 118
Zulu 122
South America 127
Añangu Kichwa People of the Rio Napo 127
Chachi (also the Cayapa) 132
Inca Empire 136
Muisca (Chibcha) 141
Runa (Canelos Quichua) 146
North America 151
Anishinaabe People, Ojibwe, Chippewa, and Saulteaux 151
Cheyenne Nations, or Tsétsehéstáhese 154
Comanche Nation (Numunu) 159
Delaware Nation (Lenape, Lenni-Lenape, Munsee) 163
Hopi 167
Navajo (Diné) 171
Pima, Akimel O'odham 175
Tohono O'Odham Nation 179
Asia and Oceania 183
Ainu 183
Andamanese, The Great 187
Buryats 191
Chukchee 195
Enga 199
Iban 203
Ifugao 207
Maori 212
Nhunggabarras 215
Somaip 220
Wheelman 223
Europe 227
Basque 227
Roma/Gypsies, Balkan 231
Saami 238
Middle East 243
Bedouins, Negev 243
Kurds 246
Mandaeans 251
Glossary 257
Bibliography 263
Index 279