the Omanhene

Role: chief of the town who liked riddles · First appears: Tale 34 · The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles

In Tale 34, during the night, the Omanhene obtained the riddle’s solution from the third brother in exchange for his costume. In the morning, at the Assembly Place, the young man exposed his cheating, and the Assembly declared that the Omanhene had failed to solve the riddle and must die. Accordingly, he was beheaded.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Omanhene obtained the riddle’s solution from the third brother in exchange for his costume.(Tale 34 · The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles)
  • With: the third brother (Tale 34)
  • “When the young man had the garments quite safely, he explained the riddle fully to the crafty Omanhene.”
• The third brother exposed the Omanhene’s cheating, and the Assembly judged him to have failed.(Tale 34 · The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles · 📍 Assembly Place)
  • With: the third brother (Tale 34)
  • “The stranger then told what had happened in the night, and how the ruler had got the answer to the riddle by cheating. The Assembly declared that the Omanhene had failed to find out the riddle and must die.”
• The Omanhene was beheaded.(Tale 34 · The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles)
  • “Accordingly he was beheaded—and the young man was appointed Omanhene in his place.”

Tale 34 · The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles

• enemies with the third brother (Tale 34) “The stranger then told what had happened in the night, and how the ruler had got the answer to the riddle by cheating.”

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Extracted from the original text of West African Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.