Farmer Mybrow

Also known as: Mybrow · Role: farmer · First appears: Tale 36 · Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies

In Tale 36 · Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies, Farmer Mybrow was married to Mybrow’s wife. One day, the fairies helped him cut down the bushes for his field; early in January they burned the dried bushes and cleared the land, and they also helped with digging, sowing and planting.

When his wife persistently asked where the secret field was, Mybrow told her on one condition. She later insisted, “This is my husband’s field and I have a right to pick.” The fairies set to work, leaving the corn and yams useless on the ground.

Relationship record

Life events

• The fairies helped Farmer Mybrow cut down the bushes for his field.(Tale 36 · Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies)
  • With: the fairies (Tale 36)
  • “‘Let us all help Farmer Mybrow to cut down the bushes.’ The rest agreed. To Mybrow’s great delight, the bushes were all rapidly cut down—with very little trouble on his part.”
• The fairies burned the dried bushes and cleared the field.(Tale 36 · Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies)
  • With: the fairies (Tale 36)
  • “Accordingly, the dried bushes were all burned down, and the field left clear in less time than it takes to tell it.”
• The fairies helped prepare the field and plant its crops.(Tale 36 · Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies)
  • With: the fairies (Tale 36)
  • “In all the preparations—digging, sowing, planting—the fairies gave great assistance.”
• Farmer Mybrow told his wife where his secret field was.(Tale 36 · Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies)
  • With: Mybrow’s wife
  • “Being very persistent, however, she finally succeeded in obtaining the information—but on one condition.”

Tale 36 · Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies

• married with Mybrow’s wife “This is my husband’s field and I have a right to pick.”
• benefactor: the fairies (Tale 36) “In all the preparations—digging, sowing, planting—the fairies gave great assistance.”
• enemies with the fairies (Tale 36) “Before the frightened woman could say a word, the fairies had all set to work with a will, and the corn and yams lay useless on the ground.”

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