the second son (Tale 34)

Role: second son · First appears: Tale 34 · The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles

In Tale 34, the second son and his brothers asked the father for permission to travel. By a strange chance, he arrived in the town where the eldest had died; he failed to answer the riddles put to him and was put to death. Worried that the same would happen to the third brother, their mother poisoned his food.

Relationship record

Life events

• The second son failed to answer the riddles and was put to death.(Tale 34 · The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles)
  • “He also was asked many riddles, and failed to answer them. Accordingly he too was put to death.”

Tale 34 · The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles

• parent: the father (Tale 34) “A certain Omanhene had three sons, who were very anxious to see the world. They went to their father and asked permission to travel.”
• siblings with the eldest (Tale 34) “By a strange chance he arrived at the same town where his brother had died.”
• siblings with the third brother (Tale 34) “She was sure that if he also reached the town where his brothers had died, the same thing would happen to him.”

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