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Comical Heartwarming tales:

Comical heartwarming tales of African-American folk African-American Tales of comical and heartwarming are to “stimulate the imagination with wonders, and are told to remind us of the perils and the possibilities”[1]. The heartwarming tales are told to lighten and stay connected. The stories commonly told are about heroes, heroines, villains and fools. One story, The Red Feather, is a response to the amalgamation of intertwining cultures ending with heroes bringing forth gifts[2]. Other lighthearted stories include many examples with heroes. Rabbit Rides Wolf is a story told representing the amalgamation of African and Creek descent where another hero is emerged during a bitter time[3].

Tales of ghosts and spirits:

African-American tales of ghosts and spirits were commonly told of spook or “haint”[4], in modern day known as “haunt,” a term referring to a repeated visits by ghosts or[5] in tradition, tales of ghosts and spirits that keep one awake at night[6]. Possessed of Two Spirits is a personal experience believing in the magic powers in conjuration with both the living and the spiritual world [7] found commonly in African-American spirit folklore. Another story, Married to a Boar Hog emerged during the colonial Revolution against the British[8]. The story is an example of a young woman who marries to a figure typically told as a supernatural being such as a boar and in the end her savior typically ends as her brother but with some form of disease [leprosy, club foot, or yaws]. In the midst of the revolution, "Married to a Boar Hog" is from slaves being carried to the British Caribbean but with reference to the African Origin about the hardships they endured[9].


Possessed of Two Spirits-Green The Friendly Demon-Green Married to a Boar Hog-Green

  1. ^ "https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_mla2018100502&context=PC&vid=OSU&search_scope=everything&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US". search.library.oregonstate.edu. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  2. ^ African American folktales. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313362958.
  3. ^ African American folktales. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313362958.
  4. ^ "https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=CP71261915080001451&context=L&vid=OSU&search_scope=everything&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US". search.library.oregonstate.edu. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. ^ "List of reportedly haunted locations". Wikipedia. 26 October 2018.
  6. ^ "https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=CP71261915080001451&context=L&vid=OSU&search_scope=everything&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US". search.library.oregonstate.edu. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  7. ^ "https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=CP71261915080001451&context=L&vid=OSU&search_scope=everything&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US". search.library.oregonstate.edu. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  8. ^ "https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=CP71261915080001451&context=L&vid=OSU&search_scope=everything&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US". search.library.oregonstate.edu. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  9. ^ "https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=CP71261915080001451&context=L&vid=OSU&search_scope=everything&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US". search.library.oregonstate.edu. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)