- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Conde,Maryse (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Fall, 1996
- Published:
- Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire
- Journal Title Details:
- 1(1) : 138-163
- Subject Term:
- Caribbean area, Blacks, Literature, Martinique, Identity (self awareness), Literature and folklore, Civilization, Guadeloupe, Literature, Francophone, and Myth and mythology
- Notes:
- A folktale told by the islanders of Guadeloupe and Martinique is relayed and discussed as having all the makings of a myth of origin
