ABSTRACT
The psychology of Bantu folk-lore with its songs, tales, riddles, proverbs, and incantations has been well described by Junod. Nearly everything that he says about the BaThonga folk-lore is also true of that of the BaVenda. The BaVenda are particularly rich in all branches of folk-lore and spend their evenings singing and story-telling over the khoro fire. The tales may be told by people of either sex and any age. There are generally two or three persons in every kraal with reputations as story-tellers, but almost every adult has at least one good tale to his special credit, in the recital of which he or she excels. Nearly all the folk-tales are embellished with songs, which are often repeated three or four times during the narrative. When the storyteller reaches a point in his tale for the song connected with it to be sung all the listeners fall naturally into the parts best suited to them.
