the woman (Tale 29)

Role: mother · First appears: Tale 29 · Quarcoo Bah-Boni

In Tale 29, the woman lived with the husband, and they were childless. One day, while her husband was away hunting, she gave birth to a son, Quarcoo Bah-Boni.

When Quarcoo’s mischievous tricks became too much for her, she turned him out of the house and forbade him to return.

Relationship record

Life events

• The woman gave birth to a son while her husband was away hunting.(Tale 29 · Quarcoo Bah-Boni)
  • With: Quarcoo Bah-boni
  • “One day, however, when the husband was away hunting, the woman had a baby son.”
• The woman turned Quarcoo out of the house and forbade him to return.(Tale 29 · Quarcoo Bah-Boni)
  • With: Quarcoo Bah-boni
  • “So she turned him out of the house and forbade him to return.”

Tale 29 · Quarcoo Bah-Boni

• child: Quarcoo Bah-boni “He continued these mischievous tricks till his mother could no longer endure them.”
• married with the husband (Tale 29) “Once upon a time in a certain village lived a man and his wife who were childless.”

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