Stories of the Amaxosa, or, A selection from the traditional tales current among the people living on the eastern border of the Cape colony
with English translations and notes
Author not recorded
- First published:
- 19th century
- Languages: English, XHO
- Content type: Primary source
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Folk literature”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the title, “Folk literature” in the subject metadata, and “Tales” in the edition title.
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- “Tales”· in title
- “Folk literature”· in subject
- “Tales”· in edition title
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Editions
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
with English translations and notes Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1877 | [Alice : s.n.]; Sine nomine | English, XHO | — | Public |
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- Open Library work
- Internet Archive
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- Open LibraryOL15914923W (opens in a new tab)
Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: National Library of Scotland
- Digitization sponsor: National Library of Scotland
- Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
- Scanner: scribe1.edinburgh.archive.org
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL15914923W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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