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| a universal fiigure in the myths and folk tales of many cultures that uses cunning to get the better of others |
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| universal archetypal figure |
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| moral tales intended for listeners to discuss and debate |
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| a formulaic story in which every incident that came before is repeated as each new incident is added |
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| lines that are repeated at the end of each stanza |
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| hollowed-out gourd used as a bowl |
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| a conscise saying that expresses a common human truth or experience |
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| the repetition of a constant sound |
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| the repetition of certain words and phrases in a similar structure or order |
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| story told from the point of the storyteller |
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| (v.) stationed military troops |
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| (adj.) incapable of being captured |
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| (v.) begged earnestly for |
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| (v.)tearing down completely |
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| tropical tree whose leaves are used as a cooking herb |
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| "the words of Doua on the name-giving day" |
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| Doua, King Maghan's griot, repeated the hunter's prophecy at the Sundiata's ceremonial naming |
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| "the wild yam of the rocks" |
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| When the vines of the yams grow in boulder-stern areas, their underground tubers anchor them among the rocks and make them very difficult to uproot |
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| (n.)objects believed to have magical powers |
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| two events occured at different times in the past, use different tenses to show which event happened first |
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