Seychellois Folktales — 53 Stories

• The Children Lost Beyond the Village
• The Husband Lost to a Forbidden Name
• The Love That Became the Coco de Mer
• The Fear Beneath the Earth
• The Betrayal of a Brother
• The Ghost Afraid of His Own Grave
• The Strong Man and the Dwarf’s Hidden Kingdom
• The Fisherman and the Gifts of the Sea
• The Bride Lost to a False Accusation
• Tizan, Wolf and Rat
• The Enchanted Breadfruit Tree
• The Treasure of the Hidden Cave
• Loulou, the Mysterious Being
• The Vanishing Woman
• The Fisherman Who Challenged the Sea
• The Swallowing Monster
• Kader and the Water of Paradise
• The Curse of the Broken Tortoise Shell
• The Drummer of Silhouette Island
• The Mango Tree That Remembers
• The Woman Who Married the Sea
• The Firefly Spirits of the Mahé Hills
• The Pirate’s Whisper at Anse Lazio
• The Lake Witch of La Digue
• The Guardian of the Coco-de-Mer Grove
• The Moon’s Forgotten Daughter
• How the Queen of the Mist Tested the Hearts of Men
• How a Boy Drumbeat Brought Rain to the Mountains of Mahé
• The Reef That Spoke to the Pure of Heart
• The Sea Turtle and the Sapphire Star
• The Flaming Drums of La Digue
• When the Spirit Loved a Man: The Legend of the Banana Tree Bride
• The Fisherman and the Island That Moved
• The Shell That Remembered
• The Crab Who Outsmarted the Moon
• The Shadow Dancer of Mahé
• The Boy Who Listened to a Coconut
• The Ghost Captain of Eden Island
• The Singing Fish of Saint Anne
• The Diver and the Weeping Pearl
• The Spirit of Anse Major
• Three Flying Fish Brothers and the Sea God
• Soungoula the Clever Tortoise
• The Fisherman and the Shark Spirit
• The Magic Breadfruit Tree
• The Woman Who Turned into Stone
• The Secret of the Flying Fox
• The Dance of the Moutya Drums
• The Curse of the Coco de Mer
• The Spirit of Silhouette Island
• The Hyena and the Drum
• The River Maiden
• The Clever Tortoise