|xue and the ostriches

|xue and the ostriches

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

!nanni (XI)

|xue fights with a female ostrich. In the course of this story |xue becomes an ostrich, a lizard, a snake, a bird, a mouse, a hyena (

1) p.9361v: !nanni heard this from his paternal grandfather (Karu), 2) pp.9370v & 9371v: |xue transforms himself into many |xue's and they all kill the male and the female ostrich. He becomes an eagle and settles on a tree (called

story

26 February - 19 March (finished on or about) 1880

Transformation

|xue ( and the ostriches )

|xue ( dies and returns to life in different forms )

|xue ( is eaten in the form of food )

|xue ( is cooked but breaks the pot )

|xue ( tries to catch the ostriches in different forms )

|xue ( becomes a child and cries when he sees his own blood )

|xue ( he becomes many |xue's and kills the male ostrich )

|xue ( is kicked and wounded by the ostrich )

|xue ( he 'alone worked many things' )

|xue ( and the ostriches )

|xue ( his transformations )

|xue ( and his wife )

|xue ( and his father-in-law )

|xue ( becomes different things on different days )

|xue ( resembles many things )

|xue ( his doings )

|xue ( his wife slaps and scolds him )

|xue ( becomes an ostrich, himself as a grown-up man, a Bushman child, a lizard, a snake, a little bird, a fly, an Omuherero, a mouse, a locust or grasshopper, a !gau, a butterfly, an ostrich, a !naxane plant and water )

|xue ( he becomes an ostrich and dies, letting flies eat his eyelids )

|xue ( he dies in different forms )

|xue ( he chases his wife as water )

|xue ( also becomes little and large food and is eaten )

|xue ( runs away from his wife and father-in-law )

|xue ( he cries loudly )

|xue ( his fight with the ostriches )

transformation ( |xue and the ostriches )

transformation ( |xue becomes an ostrich, himself as a grown-up man, a Bushman child, a lizard, a snake, a little bird, a fly, an Omuherero, a mouse, a locust or grasshopper, a !gau, a butterfly, an ostrich, a !naxane plant, water )

transformation ( |xue becomes different things on different days )

transformation ( |xue resembles many things )

transformation ( and |xue's death )

transformation ( of |xue )

transformation ( '|xue alone worked many things' )

plants ( !naxane )

plants ( |xue and the ostriches )

names ( !kun, of things |xue becomes )

names ( of a plant, !naxane )

names ( !kun, for hyena )

Omuherero ( |xue and the ostriches )

Omuherero ( |xue becomes )

!naxane ( plant )

!naxane ( |xue becomes )

!naxane ( |xue and the ostriches )

plant ( |xue becomes !naxane )

plant ( |xue and the ostriches )

water ( |xue chases his wife as )

water ( |xue and the ostriches )

death ( of |xue and his transformations )

death ( |xue and the ostriches )

death ( |xue dies and lets flies eat him )

death ( |xue dies as a large bird )

death ( |xue dies in different forms )

hyena ( !kun name for )

kaross ( |xue's wife's |ou skin )

kaross ( |xue and the ostriches )

pot ( |xue and the ostriches )

pot ( |xue cooked in )

9362-9377, 9379, 9385-9391, 9391v