Adzanumee

Role: daughter · First appears: Tale 12 · Adzanumee and Her Mother

In Tale 12 · Adzanumee and Her Mother, a yam became Adzanumee after the woman promised not to reproach her for having been a yam. One day, when Adzanumee did not appear, her mother angrily called her “only a yam”; Adzanumee changed back into a yam, leaving the woman without the daughter she had desired.

Relationship record

Life events

• The yam became the woman’s daughter after she promised not to reproach her for having been a yam.(Tale 12 · Adzanumee and Her Mother · 📍 the field)
  • With: the woman (Tale 12)
  • “‘If I were to become your daughter, would you promise never to reproach me with having been a yam?’ She eagerly gave her promise, and at once the yam changed into a beautiful, well-made girl.”
• The woman reproached Adzanumee, saying she was only a yam.(Tale 12 · Adzanumee and Her Mother)
  • With: the woman (Tale 12)
  • “Her mother became impatient at her non-appearance and angrily said, ‘Where can Adzanumee be? She does not deserve that beautiful name. She is only a yam.’”
• Adzanumee changed back into a yam, leaving the woman without the daughter she had desired.(Tale 12 · Adzanumee and Her Mother · 📍 the field)
  • With: the woman (Tale 12)
  • “But she was too late. Her daughter, still singing her sad little song, quickly changed back into a yam.”

Tale 12 · Adzanumee and Her Mother

• parent: the woman (Tale 12) “When the woman saw her she said, ‘My daughter, my daughter! What is the matter?’”

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