Week 6 Story Lab: Tortoise Research

It's still just Week 5 for me here, but I wanted to take advantage of some time today to do some trickster tortoise research! I have a stack of books I can use, but I'd rather work with public domain materials I can link to in the author's notes, so here is a quick run-down of some stories I might look at when I get to the trickster tortoise stories (so far I have done one page: Trickster Hare!).

(African pancake tortoise)

Here are some tortoise story possibilities based on my Diigo bookmarks; I'll add notes here for the ones that are likely candidates:

1 THE TORTOISE WITH A PRETTY DAUGHTER. Nigeria. These stories from Nigeria are ones I can use for storytelling coming up in Week 7! There are eight here, which will be plenty for a nice story post next week.

4 The King's Magic Drum: Nigeria. Interaction with royal family again here.

12. Why the Bat is Ashamed to be seen in the Daytime: Nigeria. This story is really more about the bat.

14 THE ELEPHANT AND THE TORTOISE: This is one of the stories I wrote up last summer: why elephant has small eyes.

22 The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water: Nigeria. This is a fun one where the tortoise learns the hippo's secret name. 

25 Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise: Nigeria. A story about saving mothers/grandmothers.

27 The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat: Nigeria. This is a follow-up to the previous story; the leopard is angry at the tortoise.

29. How the Tortoise overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus: Nigeria. A tug-of-war story! YES!

I'm going to stop here because I can tell that there are plenty of great Nigerian stories to get me started, and I can come back later and add notes for the stories below, starting with the South African stories which come next here in the list. When I get around to doing Tortoise research for the project assignment maybe in Week 8, I'll fill in more notes and start choosing which stories will actually go into the Storybook. :-)

28: Elephant And Tortoise: ___.

29: Tortoises Hunting Ostriches: ___

3: The Story Of The Leopard Tortoise.: ___

32 TORTOISE AND THE KING: ___

33 TORTOISE AND MR. FLY: ___

35 THE THREE DEATHS OF TORTOISE: ___

36 TORTOISE AND THE COCK: ___

37 TORTOISE AND CRAB: ___

38 TORTOISE AND PIGEON: ___

39 TORTOISE AND THE WHIP-TREE: ___

40 TORTOISE AND THE RAIN: ___

40. The Great Tortoise: ___

2. The Cunning Hare; or, Why the Tortoise Has a Patched Shell: ___

13. Of Chief Amaza, His Wife Achi, and the Tortoise: ___

29. Why a Python Never Swallows a Tortoise: ___

12. Why the Tortoise has no Hair on.: ___

14. The Elephant and the Tortoise: ___

15. The Giraffe and the Tortoise: ___

16. The Tortoises Hunting the Ostriches: ___

(I) The Hare and the Tortoise: ___

4. The Hare and the Tortoise: ___

27. The Princess and the Tortoise: ___

4 A Tortoise and a Fowl: ___

6 A Tortoise and a Buffalo: ___

2. The tortoise and the elephant: ___

11. The tortoise and the monkey: ___

12. The tortoise and the leopard: ___

13. The tortoise and the leopard (another version): ___

14. The tortoise and the leopard quarrel about their villages: ___

17. The tortoise and the leopard and the python: ___

24. The tortoise who waited for toadstools: ___

8. The Hare and the Tortoise: ___

5. Sigo and the Tortoise: ___

6. Tortoise and the King's Mute Daughter: ___

7. The Tortoise and the Elephant: ___

8. The Woman Named Adun and Tortoise: ___

9. Tortoise and the Slender Maiden: ___

10. Tortoise and Lizard: ___

4. The Hare and the Tortoise Farming: ___

17. Leopard and tortoise: ___

16. The Tortoise And The Antelope: ___

22. The Tortoise And The Baboon: ___

23. The Tortoise And The Lemur: ___

17 Stealing fire from the Creator: Why Chameleon and Tortoise are respected: ___

28 Tortoise as diviner for animals: ___

29 How Tortoise got his shell: Tortoise becomes diviner: ___

1. The Swallow and the Tortoise: ___

18. The rabbit and the leopard: ___

8 The Spider Outwitted by the Tortoise: ___

3. Ingomo (The Animals): ___

5. The Tortoise and the Baboon: ___

11. The Blind Man and the Tortoise: ___

1. Mr. Tortoise and Mr. Hare: ___

E21 Tortoise, Because of the Way She and Fish-Eagle Deceived Each Other, Does not Eat Meat: ___

H1 Why Hare Had His Destiny Foretold by Tortoise: ___

H15 Hare is Outwitted by Mrs. Tortoise: ___

The Hare And The Tortoise: ___

A5. Tortoise and Omemamoni: ___

A9. The Tortoise and the Eggs: ___

A11. Snail and Tortoise: ___

Edo7. The Tortoise: ___

Edo26. Dog and Tortoise: ___

S4. Tortoise and Snail: ___

A3. King and Tortoise: ___

B5 Tortoise in a Race: ___

F6 Tortoise Covers His Ignorance: ___

F10 The Treachery of Tortoise: ___

B12 The Lies of Tortoise: ___

B14 Tortoise and the Bojabi Tree: ___

B16 Tortoise, Dog, Leopard, and the Njabi Fruit: ___

B19 The Deceptions of Tortoise: ___

6. The Eagle Leaves the Tortoise in the Lurch: ___

7. The Kite Breaks His Promise to the Tortoise: ___

The Clever Tortoise: ___

3 The Tortoise and the Hyena: ___

5. The Tortoise and the Fish Eagle: ___

4. The Son of the Tortoise: ___

17 Tortoise and Hornbill: ___

18 Tortoise and His Father-in-law: ___

19 Tortoise and Bush Cat: ___

22 Tortoise and Blind Man: ___

28 Tortoise and Daughter: ___

29 Tortoise and Elephant: ___

30 Spider and Tortoise: ___

2 Tortoise and His Children: ___

6 Tortoise becomes King: ___

15 Tortoise and the Blind Man: ___

38 Story of the Tortoise and the King: ___

Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Tortoise: ___

The Tortoise and the Pig: ___

8. How The Tortoise Helped the Animals: ___

9. The Tortoise and a Man Named Tela: ___

10. A Dog and a Tortoise: ___

11. The Pig and the Tortoise: ___

118 Strained friendship: Friend as hostage: Why Frog is in the water and Tortoise gives fire: ___

119 Why Tortoise lives in the bush: ___

16. How the Tortoise Got the Cracks and Bumps on His Back: ___

26. How Obassi Osaw Proved the Wisdom of Tortoise: ___

13 How the civet and the tortoise lost their friendship: ___

17 How the tortoise was punished for his deceit: ___

XIV. The Little Red Tortoise: ___

The Tortoise and the Bat: ___

4. The Hare and the Tortoise: ___

THE HUNTER AND THE TORTOISE: ___

TESTS OF DEATH, v. 2: ___

HOW THE TORTOISE GOT ITS SHELL: ___

TASKS DONE FOR A WIFE: ___