Here is the wisdom of the Mossi country in the form of 12 tales with audio playback. The Mossi often express their outlook on life through tales and proverbs. It was through this wisdom that the ancestors succeeded in educating their children.
With the tales, we enter deeply into the soul of the people, we grasp their impressions, their ideas, their feelings, their rules of life. In fairy tales, the wisdom of a people is crystallized, so to speak. They are lessons of the experience of centuries, applied to the various circumstances of practical life, lessons of common sense, words of old men. They invite the audience to beware of appearances and to scrutinize the hidden side of things.


English
Mossi people often express their conception of life through folk-tales and proverbs. It was through this wisdom that the ancestors were able to educate their children.
With tales one enters deeply into the soul of the people, one grasps on the spot his impressions, his ideas, his feelings, his rules of life. In the folk-tales crystallizes, so to speak, the wisdom of a people. They are lessons from centuries of experience, applied to the various circumstances of practical life, lessons of common sense, words of old men. They invite the audience to be wary of appearances and to examine the hidden side of things.