Diving into Mythology

Original Source : The Monkey's Fiddle Story source:  South African Folk-Tales  by James Honey (1910). ( vervet monkey ) One day there was a monkey who decided to leave his land due to the lack of resources and exhausted animals that lived in the land. The monkey went to live with his uncle who provided him work and shelter. The monkey worked very hard for a couple of months and then one day decided to return home. The monkey's uncle gave the monkey two gifts in return for working so hard over the past couple of months. The monkey received a bow and arrow and a guitar from his uncle and started his journey home. On his way home, the monkey ran into a wolf who was exhausted from trying to hunt a deer all day. The monkey offered to help him by using his bow and arrow to shoot the deer. The monkey and the wolf feasted on the deer and were very happy. However, soon the wolf became jealous of the monkey's bow and arrow and demanded that the monkey give it to him. They argu...

Jackal and Monkey  Story source:  South African Folk-Tales  by James Honey (1910). The Jackal is once again visiting the corral of a farmer, but this time the farmer sets a trap to catch him. Every single evening the jackal went to the farmer's corral. He crept through a sliding door and stole a fat young lamb. The jackal did this several times with success until one day the farmer set a sip for him at the door. The jackal went again and was caught around the nose by a trap. He was swung into the air and swayed back and forth because his feet could not touch the ground. When morning came, a monkey approached the jackal and was flaunting in his face that he was caught by the farmer. The jackal acted like he was enjoying being in the trap and that he had planned to do it. This continued on and the jackal convinced the monkey to get him out of the trap. When the monkey got him out, he was then trapped and hanging in the air. Just as this happened the farmer walked out w...

The Monkey's Fiddle Story source:  South African Folk-Tales  by James Honey (1910). ( vervet monkey ) One day a monkey left his land  because  things such as food and other animals were exhausted in his own land. The monkey went  to  a different land and lived with his uncle who offered shelter for him. The monkey worked for quite a while with his uncle in his uncle's land. When the monkey finally decided to head back to his own land his uncle gave him two gifts for  working  so hard over the past couple of months and not being paid. The monkey's uncle  gave him a fiddle and a bow and arrow. While heading home, the monkey encountered some problems. The first person he ran into was Brer Wolf. Brer Wolf had been attempting to hunt deer all morning, but was not successful. Being nice, the monkey showed the wolf his bow and arrow and helped him kill a deer. The wolf became very jealous of the monkey's bow and arrow and beg...