The legend about Kondolon

Authors

  • Olga Zavyalova St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
  • E. Nikiforova St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu13.2017.209

Abstract

This article presents a new version of Legend of Kondolon, the main patron of the Manden hunters, recorded in 2016 in Nyagassolya village (Northern Guinea). We’ve done the analysis of this version and compared it with some other well-known versions of the myth about Kondolon and Saane.
There are several variants of the myth about the founders of the hunters Kondolon and Saane. The text presented in of the article can be defined as a legend that explains the origin of the hunters’ main fetish Kondolon.

Keywords:

Oral tradition, myth, Manden (Manding) people

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Published

2017-06-20

How to Cite

Zavyalova, O., & Nikiforova, E. (2017). The legend about Kondolon. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 9(2), 220–229. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu13.2017.209

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Literary studies

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Articles of "Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies" are open access distributed under the terms of the License Agreement with Saint Petersburg State University, which permits to the authors unrestricted distribution and self-archiving free of charge.