The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town |
Common terms and phrases
Abeokuta alive Amos Tutuola asked began body brought bush animals Bush of Ghosts commanded the egg complete gentleman compound leaf cowrie curious creature cutlass dancing dead debitor died domestic animals Drum entered Faithful-Mother farm Father of gods fear field fire forest gave half-bodied baby head heard Heaven hole human-beings hungry-creature inside the bush Invisible-Pawn juju killed king knew lady lady saw Lagos laughing leave living loads looking miles morning night o'clock a.m. Odafin Ogun once Orisha palm palm-tree Palm-Wine Drinkard palm-wine tapster reached a town red creatures red fish Red-king Red-people Red-town replied rest returned river road senior wife Skull sleep slept Song started our journey stood stopped surprise talk tell termites terrible creatures thought three fellows told took travelled Tutuola village wanted white creatures white tree whole Wizard woke wooden-doll Wraith-Island yams Yoruba