Afrikaans folklore information

Afrikaans folklore is the body of traditional literature, music, dance and customs present in Afrikaans-speaking cultures. Some of the Afrikaans folklore...

Taught Himself Wiser Than His Mother" and "the Origin of Death". Afrikaans folklore "Oral tradition and indigenous knowledge | South African History Online"...

westfälischen Geschichte, vol. 1, Paderborn: Bonifacius-Druckerei Afrikaans folklore Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery (This was given to...

Afrikaans literature is literature written in Afrikaans. Afrikaans is the daughter language of 17th-century Dutch and is spoken by the majority of people...

This is a list of dragons in mythology and folklore. This is a list of European dragons. Azazel from the Abrahamic religions, is described as a dragon...

The Quiver Tree Forest (Kokerboomwoud in Afrikaans) is a forest and tourist attraction of southern Namibia. It is located about 14 km north-east of Keetmanshoop...

speakers, particularly those living in urban areas, also speak Zulu and/or Afrikaans and/or English. The Xhosa are a South African cultural group who emphasise...

The name is an Afrikaans word meaning "cliff head." The Kranskop rock formation has major significance in local Zulu legend and folklore, for whom it is...

The Grootslang or Grote Slang (Afrikaans and Dutch for "big snake") is a legendary creature that is reputed to dwell in a deep cave in the Richtersveld...

while not indigenous to Africa, are spoken in South Africa and Namibia (Afrikaans, English, German) and are used as lingua francas in Liberia and the former...

figure of early childhood in Western and Western-influenced cultures. The folklore states that when children lose one of their baby teeth, they should place...

Colonial/Apartheid era, Afrikaans-speaking persons with partial Khoesān ancestry were historically also grouped as Cape Blacks (Afrikaans: Kaap Swartes) or...

VHS and DVD. Translations of the book include: Tikki Tikki tembo (1975, Afrikaans, ISBN 0949975257) Eka Tikki Tikki Tembo (1976, Zulu, ISBN 0869600648)...

with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch originating from the Afrikaners of South Africa...

of Good Hope. The name "aardvark" is Afrikaans (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈɑːrtfark]), comes from earlier Afrikaans erdvark and means "earth pig" or "ground...

vowel in the orthography or transliteration of several languages. In Afrikaans, the circumflex marks a vowel with a lengthened pronunciation, often arising...

She tells her stories in four of South Africa's languages: English, Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa, and also helps to motivate children to read. Nokugcina...

bestowed upon the Presbyterians of Fayetteville (North Carolina)". An Afrikaans term which translates literally as "redneck", rooinek, is used as a disparaging...

English and has been published in several bi-lingual editions, including Afrikaans, Swedish and Portuguese. The book was nominated as a South African honorary...

Moreleta Park (Afrikaans: Moreletapark) is a suburb of Pretoria, South Africa, situated 12 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of the city centre. According to...

Suk - Their Language and Folklore. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1911, pp. 3–4 Beech M.W.H, The Suk - Their Language and Folklore. The Clarendon Press, Oxford...

or Coloureds. It means "a person who is low or of inferior status" in Afrikaans. Golliwogg (Commonwealth) a dark-skinned person, named after Florence...

188–195. doi:10.2307/454098. JSTOR 454098. *Read, Allen W (1964). "The folklore of "O.K."". American Speech. 39 (1): 5–25. doi:10.2307/453922. JSTOR 453922...

the bush as a means of preferable lifestyle. In South Africa, the term (Afrikaans: die bos) has specific connotations of rural areas which are not open...

an author of books that draw upon African mythology, traditional Zulu folklore, extraterrestrial encounters and his own personal encounters. His last...