- Author: Elphinstone Dayrell Author Record # 280866
- Legal Name: Dayrell, Elphinstone Edmund
- Birthplace: Moretonhampstead, Devon, England, UK
- Birthdate: 14 December 1869
- Deathdate: 19 September 1917
- Language: English
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Short Fiction
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Concerning the Fate of Essido and his Evil Companions (1910)
only appeared as:
- Variant: The Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions (2019)
- Concerning the Hawk and the Owl (1910)
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Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise (1910)
only appeared as:
- Variant: The Leopard, the Squirrel and the Tortoise (2019)
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Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child (1910)
only appeared as:
- Variant: The Woman, the Ape and the Child (2019)
- How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them (1910) only appeared as:
- How the Cannibals Drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom) (1910)
- How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus (1910)
- Ituen and the King's Wife (1910)
- Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away (1910)
- Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women (1910)
- Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King (1910)
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The 'Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird (1910)
only appeared as:
- Variant: The Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird (2019)
- The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water (1910)
- The Cock Who Caused a Fight Between Two Towns (1910)
- The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull (1910)
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The Election of the King Bird (the black-and-white Fishing Eagle) (1910)
only appeared as:
- Variant: The Election of the King Bird (2019)
- The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why Worms Are Blind and Why Elephant Has Small Eyes (1910)
- The Fish and the Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water (1910)
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The King and the 'Nsiat Bird (1910)
only appeared as:
- Variant: The King and the Nsiat Bird (2019)
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The King and the Ju Ju Tree (1910)
also appeared as:
- Variant: The King and the Ju-Ju Tree (1910)
- The King Who Married the Cock's Daughter (1910)
- The King's Magic Drum (1910)
- The Lucky Fisherman (1910)
- The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone (1910)
- The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress (1910)
- The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators (1910)
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The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat (1910)
only appeared as:
- Variant: The Leopard, the Tortoise and the Bush Rat (2019)
- The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder (1910)
- The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter (1910)
- The Woman with Two Skins (1910)
- Why a Hawk Kills Chickens (1910)
- Why Dead People are Buried (1910)
- Why the Bat Flies by Night (1910)
- Why the Bat Is Ashamed to Be Seen in the Daytime (1910)
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Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are Bad Friends (1910)
also appeared as:
- Variant: The Bush Cow and the Elephant (1910)
- Why the Cat Kills Rats (1910)
- Why the Flies Bother the Cows (1910)
- Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes (1910)
- Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (1910) [also as by uncredited]
- Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground (1910)