the eldest (Tale 34)

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

In Tale 34, the eldest and his brothers asked their father, the father, for permission to travel. The eldest failed to answer the riddles and was beheaded; the second son later arrived at the same town where he had died, and the third brother was also headed there.

Relationship record

Life events

• The eldest failed to answer the riddles and was beheaded.(Tale 34 · The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles)
  • “As the young man was unable to answer any of them, he was judged to have failed and was beheaded.”

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 second son (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.