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The Cow tail switch: A folktale of Africa

United States, 1970
film

This animated folktale from the Liberian rain-forest recounts the death and return to life of the spirit to conquer death. Ogaloussa disappears and is forgott..

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African folklore

Unknown
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The Cow and the sprite

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A Sufi tale

Canada, 1980
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The Man, the snake and the fox

Canada, 1978
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The Silver Cow

United States, 1970
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The Dancing lion: an African folktale

United States, 1978
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The Three fools and the cow

Bulgaria, 1974
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The Caterpillar and the wild animals

United States, 1969
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The Magic tree

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The Boy Kumasenu

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The Way of the ancestors

United Kingdom, 1977
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Herding cattle on the Niger

United States, 1967
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The Stolen canoe

Australia, 1986
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Ananse's farm

Canada, 1973
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Bird of the thunder woman

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The Musicians in the woods

Japan, 1962
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Impudence does not pay

Germany, 1955
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The End of the game

United States, 1975
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