Specimens of the Popular Literature of Tigrait language 1890s

Specimens of the Popular Literature of Tigrait language (presented as of modern Abyssinia): by Dr. ENNO LITTMANN 1890s

"As a specimen of the Tigre traditions I give here the story of Mense'ay and Mayray, the ancestors, or better, the representatives, of the Mensa' and Marya: " Mense 'ay and Ma-yray, without dividing the estate of their father, left [their brothers] Tor'ay and Hazoty and went to Haigat. And after that, they went out from Haigat to spy out the land, saying: . Which will be the best for us?,' [and they went] to Erota. And after they had gone to Erota, Myray said unto Mense'ay: 'In this Erota let us dwell, it is good.' And after that said Mense 'y: 'How can we dwell in this drought in preference to the two rainy seasons and the two harvests and .... READ THE STORY BELOW:

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