Mauri

Also known as: God · Role: chief; God · First appears: Tale 20 · How the Tortoise Got Its Shell

Life events

• Mauri decided to hold a splendid yam festival.(Tale 20 · How the Tortoise Got Its Shell)
  • “A few hundred years ago, the chief Mauri (God) determined to have a splendid yam festival.”
• Mauri sent Klo to buy palm wine.(Tale 20 · How the Tortoise Got Its Shell · 📍 the palm-fields of Koklovi)
  • With: Klo
  • “Mr Klo (the tortoise), who was a tall and handsome fellow, was sent to buy palm wine. He was directed to the palm-fields of Koklovi (the chicken).”

Tale 20 · How the Tortoise Got Its Shell

• servant: Klo “By the time Klo succeeded in reaching his master’s palace”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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