At this, the Leopard children began to rage, and joined a fight with the children of Tortoise.
The children of Tortoise, and himself, and their wives and their children, fled and scattered over the logs into the stream of water, and hid themselves in holes, and never came back to town.
TALE 33
The Fights of Mbuma-Tyĕtyĕ and An Origin of the Leopard
Persons
| Mekuku, and Two of His Sons Mbuma-Tyĕtyĕ and Njâ King Njambu Betoli (Rats) Mwamba (Snakes) Ngângâlâ (Millepedes) Kedi (Stinging Ants) Njambu Ya Mekuku (Spirits), and His Town Women Hidden in Chests Ngwaye (Partridge) | Kâ (Snails) Ihonga-Honga (A Giant Tooth) Hova (A Magic Gourd) Tângâ (Horn) Ibumbu (Bundle of Medicine) Kanja (A Bowl) Ikanga (Spear) Ngalo (A Magic Amulet) |
- Mekuku, and Two of His Sons Mbuma-Tyĕtyĕ and Njâ
- King Njambu
- Betoli (Rats)
- Mwamba (Snakes)
- Ngângâlâ (Millepedes)
- Kedi (Stinging Ants)
- Njambu Ya Mekuku (Spirits), and His Town
- Women Hidden in Chests
- Ngwaye (Partridge)
- Kâ (Snails)
- Ihonga-Honga (A Giant Tooth)
- Hova (A Magic Gourd)
- Tângâ (Horn)
- Ibumbu (Bundle of Medicine)
- Kanja (A Bowl)
- Ikanga (Spear)
- Ngalo (A Magic Amulet)
NOTE