Bushman Folktales

アフリカ南部カラハリ砂漠には，動物たちが語り合い，騙し合い，軽々と人間に変身するお話が伝わっている。本書は半世紀にわたってカラハリ砂漠のブッシュマンの生活を追いかけてきた著者が，その民話を記録し，語りのままに書き起こしたもの。創世神ピーシツォワゴのおどけた話，狩猟採集民の生活の中心である動植物の特徴をとらえた話，不気味な怪物や略奪者たちの恐ろしい殺人譚など29篇を紹介する。ブッシュマンの魅力的な宇宙へようこそ。好評『ブッシュマンの民話』の英語版。

In the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, tales tell of animals who talk to each other, deceive each other and easily transform themselves into human beings. The author, who has followed the lives of the Bushmen of the Kalahari for more than half a century, has recorded their folktales and transcribed them as they were told. The twenty-nine stories presented here tell of the antics of creation god Piisi-luagu, capture the characteristics of the flora and fauna that are central to the hunter-gatherers' way of life and feature the terrifying and deadly deeds of macabre monsters and marauders. Prepare yourself for a fascinating journey into the cosmos of the Bushmen.