Project Gutenberg 2005-03-24 Public domain in the USA. 218 Equilbecq, François-Victor 1872 1917 Equilbecq, Victor François Equilbecq, F. V. (François-Victor) Équilbecq, Francois-Victor Essai sur la littérature merveilleuse des noirs, suivi de Contes indigènes de l'Ouest africain français - Tome premier Produced by Suzanne Shell, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Essai sur la littérature merveilleuse des noirs, suivi de Contes indigènes" by F.V. Equilbecq is an ethnographic study combined with a collection of indigenous tales, written in the early 20th century. The work focuses primarily on the oral folklore of West Africa, exploring the themes, narratives, and cultural significance of the stories told by local populations. It serves as both an academic examination of this folklore and a repository of various tales that reflect the moral, social, and spiritual life of the African communities. At the start of this work, the author discusses the importance of studying indigenous folklore to understand the psychology of the people. He emphasizes the necessity of preserving these tales before they are lost, particularly as many of them exhibit pre-Islamic characteristics. The opening introduces the context in which these tales were collected, highlighting the diverse sources and the author's firsthand experiences with various storytellers across West Africa. The significance of these narratives is reinforced, as they provide insights into the values, beliefs, and imaginations of the indigenous populations, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of the folklore in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Tales -- Africa, French-speaking West GR Text FR Peuples et Sociétés Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: French Literature Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 378038 2025-07-06T13:53:06.753924 text/html 361131 2020-12-14T08:04:45 text/html 462541 2025-07-06T13:53:18.279925 application/epub+zip 467269 2025-07-06T13:53:11.621963 application/epub+zip 206785 2025-07-06T13:53:09.417909 application/epub+zip 1340575 2025-07-06T13:53:22.094888 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1346284 2025-07-06T13:53:16.534911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323273 2022-09-07T21:50:26.276233 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306791 2025-07-06T13:53:05.353947 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 298321 2020-12-14T08:04:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19889 2025-07-06T13:53:22.223869 application/rdf+xml 27481 2025-07-06T13:53:09.952915 image/jpeg 4883 2025-07-06T13:53:09.685912 image/jpeg 117556 2020-12-14T08:04:45 application/octet-stream application/zip 355084 2020-12-14T08:04:45 application/octet-stream application/zip 459853 2025-07-06T13:53:06.819951 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia