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Today we're looking at some of the stories collected from Creoles of color in Louisiana. These were originally passed down among slaves speaking Creole French. They passed from slave communities to many other communities in the New World. I've collects these to allow us to see what persists and what changes as the story hops from culture from culture. What we need to remember with these stories is that they were collected mostly in the late 19^th Century, and thus frequently reflect the interactions of the tribes with the cultures that had moved into the region.

Required

• Fortier. "Piti Bonhomme Godron." (The Tar Baby)
  
• "Mariaze Compair Lapin."
• Natchez. "Wolf and Rabbit."
• "The Tar Baby."
• Biloxi. "Rabbit and the Tar Baby."
• "Rabbit and Bear."
• Louisiana Anthology Podcast 19. Norm Marmillion of Laura Plantation.
• Louisiana Anthology Podcast 319. Bryan Wagner on the Tar Baby (he wrote the book).
  
  
• Just skim the other versions for similarities and differences.
  
• Harris. "Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby." (pp. 1-9).
• Haymon. "The Tar Baby."
• Tuxtepec, Mexico. "Coyote and Rabbit."
• Haiti. "Bouki ak Malis." (Skip down to "More Folk Tales").

 

Optional

• Ortoli. “Compère Bouc et Compère Lapin.” (French)
• Fortier. "Piti Bonhomme Godron." (Creole)