Book
Nursery tales, traditions, and histories of the Zulus, in their own words, with a translation into English, and notes
John A. Blair ; Davis and Sons ; Trübner and Co. • Springvale, South Africa • Published In 1868 • Pages:
By: Callaway, Henry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source consists primarily of texts of popular tales which, according to Callaway, were told by women to children. The author collected these tales in the Zulu language. His transcription in Zulu appears on the left of each page and a literal English appears on the right half of the page. Footnotes and appendixes to the tales contain some ethnographic information and copious references to similar motifs and tales in other parts of the world.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Diet
- Cannibalism
- Property
- Games
- Literary texts
- Age stratification
- Family
- Kin relationships
- Aftermath of combat
- Spirits and gods
- Avoidance and taboo
- Ethnometeorology
- Puberty and initiation
- Adolescent activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- Missionary
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1854-1868
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1854-1868
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Canon Callaway
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 43019236
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)