Depor
Role: juju · First appears: Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant
Life events
- Depor turned the youngest into a grass mat to hide him from the princess.(Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant)
- With: the princess (Tale 22) Kwesi
- “The juju turned him into a grass mat lying on the bed and the princess could not find him.”
- Depor changed the youngest into a needle to hide him from the princess.(Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant)
- With: the princess (Tale 22) Kwesi
- “This time the juju changed him into a needle and his wife could not find him.”
- The princess stole Depor from the youngest’s hair and threw it into a fire.(Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant)
- With: the princess (Tale 22) Kwesi
- “As soon as he was asleep she took the juju out of his hair and threw it into a great fire which she had prepared.”
- Depor turned the youngest into a hawk as it burned.(Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant)
- With: Kwesi
- “He did so and turned into a hawk.”
Tale 22 · The Tail of the Princess Elephant
- recipient: Kwesi “The juju turned him into a grass mat lying on the bed and the princess could not find him.”
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Extracted from the original text of West African Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.