Ashanti Proverbs, the Primitive Ethics of a Savage People
The book Ashanti Proverbs, the Primitive Ethics of a Savage People was written by author Christaller, J. G. (Johann Gottlieb), 1827-1895 Here you can read free online of Ashanti Proverbs, the Primitive Ethics of a Savage People book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Ashanti Proverbs, the Primitive Ethics of a Savage People a good or bad book?
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Wunim nyansa hebrebe a, womd akokg akye. (2331) If you are too wise a man (said in a sarcastic sense), you say ' Good morning ' to a fowl (i. e. you will find yourself led into com- mitting some supreme folly). 225. Wokg obi kurom na okum akokg ma wo di a, enye ne de no na woadi, na wo de a gwgfie no na woadi. (1568) "When you go to some one's town and he kills a fowl for you to eat, it is not his fowl you have eaten, but your own which is at home. 226. Aboa kdkosakyi kasa kyere obonukyerefo a,... ale. (513) When the vulture gives the hyena advice, he heeds it. Kdkosakyi. Also oj>efe and akrampd, the vulture. Obonukyerefo. Also called patahi, the hyena. The saying is based on the following story. The mother of the hyena died and all his friends assembled to take part in the funeral custom. Day after day passed, and still the body remained uuburied, and the mourners began to feel the pangs of hunger. ASHANTI PROVERBS 83 The hyena alone seemed to remain plump and fat and in no hurry to bring the obsequies to an end by allowing the body of his mother to be buried.
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