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Help needed - folktale



NanG
Argentina

Help needed - folktale
 
Hi everyone !

Maybe you heard about  the African tale of the girl who married a boa constrictor , and then it starts eating her, its acids deforms her and finally nobody wants to marry her again. It �s name is "Segi and the Boa Constrictor". It �s a Yoruba tale, an African folktale.

I �ve been trying to find the printed version or a summary but I �ve found nothing yet. 


Can anyone help me , please? ( It �s the third time I �ve posted a thread about it Unhappy  and I �ve received no answer yet) 



Please, please, please. Any ideas? I do need it.

Thanks a lot!


22 May 2013      





maceman
Canada

Hello NanG
You may find this link helpful to you. There is a summary about it. Sorry it �s so long.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=YsZBfcDv1UQC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=Segi+and+the+Boa&source=bl&ots=xTjiablXEc&sig=BYjhZQi-i65JzhApkmS9LGv7M4g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BumcUZmXCMqoywGWqoEg&sqi=2&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Segi%20and%20the%20Boa&f=false

22 May 2013     



maryse pey�
France

http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/yl/
I �ve found this link. May it help ?

22 May 2013     



NanG
Argentina


Thanks maceman & marys� pey� for sending the links.

I looked at the one you sent me, maceman,  and the story about the boa is totally different from the one I �m looking for.  Or...am I wrong? Did you read it or did you just see the title ? Does it go by any other name?


Anyway, I still don �t know what to do because I also need another African folktale and I can �t find it either. It �s called ( or it seems to be called) "Yonjwa Seeks a Wife".

I think I �ll keep on searching!!

Thanks a lot !! &  Warmest hug !!  =)

22 May 2013