This Nigerian a folk tale story is collected from “Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria”. This Nigerian folk tale story book is written by- Elphinstone Dayrell and it was published from Longmans, Green and Co., London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta, in 1910.
In the beginning of the world when the Creator had made men and women and the animals, they all lived together in the creation land.
The Creator was a big chief, past all men, and being very kind-hearted. The creator was very sorry whenever any one died. So one day He sent for the dog, who was His head messenger. The creator told His dog to go out into the world and give His word to all people that for the future whenever any one died the body was to be placed in the compound, and wood ashes were to be thrown over it. That the dead body was to be left on the ground, and in twenty-four hours it would become alive again.
When the dog had traveled for half a day he began to get tired. Then he was near an old woman's house and he looked in. the dog was saw a bone with some meat on it, he made a meal off it, and then went to sleep. The dog entirely forgot the message which had been given him to deliver.
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- A Nigerian Folk Tale Story
In the beginning of the world when the Creator had made men and women and the animals, they all lived together in the creation land.
The Creator was a big chief, past all men, and being very kind-hearted. The creator was very sorry whenever any one died. So one day He sent for the dog, who was His head messenger. The creator told His dog to go out into the world and give His word to all people that for the future whenever any one died the body was to be placed in the compound, and wood ashes were to be thrown over it. That the dead body was to be left on the ground, and in twenty-four hours it would become alive again.
When the dog had traveled for half a day he began to get tired. Then he was near an old woman's house and he looked in. the dog was saw a bone with some meat on it, he made a meal off it, and then went to sleep. The dog entirely forgot the message which had been given him to deliver.
