The Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman: a creation legend

The Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman: a creation legend

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

Tamme (XII)

According to Tamme's people, |xue is Hu'-we and also the Hare (who creates things). The Hare puts the person he has made into an antelope-skin bag (there are four bags and four kinds of people, each speaking different languages). He takes one bag of people and throws it far away. He throws a bag of thread or string far away so that the people may catch and eat antelope. At sunrise |xue comes to him and says that the Hare is a mere hare and must behave like a mere hare. The Hare says he is also |xue and speaks !kun (he says this somewhat peevishly, as he seems to feel that he has been doing so all along). |xue tells the Hare to put food into a bag for the people, but the Hare refuses to feed them, saying |xue must do so with his own food. |xue throws bags with food and with a bow and arrows to the !kun's country and tells them to shoot the Hare.

1) p.9893v: Tamme heard this from his father (||namme-sso'-yo); the names of some of Tamme's relations (who passed down the story), 2) p.9938opp: (October 1881) a note added by !nanni concerning going into 'another country', 3) p.9942v: (22 March 1882) words and sentences concerning killing the Damara and strong, grown-up !kun, 4) p.9898v: (30 September 1881) Tamme names different groups of !kun: this includes the names of the groups of !kun that Tamme, |uma and !nanni belong to (||koo yau, ≠ka'o yau, and ||noo yau), 5) See also

story

August - October 1881, 22 March 1882 (finished; one sentence added)

Words and sentences

History (Early Race)

History (personal)

|xue ( is Hu'-we )

|xue ( is the Hare )

|xue ( his names )

|xue ( is 'two' )

|xue ( and why the Bushmen kill hares )

|xue ( the Hare fears him )

|xue ( his speech with the Hare )

|xue ( tells the Hare to stop crying and fearing death )

|xue ( gives the Bushmen weapons to shoot the Hare )

|xue ( his bags )

|xue ( the great )

|xue ( and the Hare's objection )

|xue ( tells the Hare he is a mere hare )

|xue ( gives the Bushmen food and weapons )

|xue ( and the creation of Bushmen )

|xue ( and the Early Race of Bushmen )

|xue ( and the Hare, the Antelope and the Bushman )

creation ( of death )

creation ( of the Bushmen )

creation ( of four kinds of Bushmen )

creation ( and the Early Race of Bushmen )

creation ( a legend of the !kun concerning )

creation ( and |xue )

creation ( and the Hare )

creation ( the Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman )

Early Race ( and the time when there were no Bushmen )

Early Race ( and the creation of the Bushmen )

Early Race ( the Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman )

Tamme ( the different groups of Bushmen that he, !nanni and |uma belong to )

!kun ( names of 'different kinds' given by Tamme )

names ( of groups of !kun that !nanni, Tamme and |uma belong to )

Bushman groups ( names of different, given by Tamme )

Bushman groups ( that !nanni, Tamme and |uma belong to )

Hare ( fears |xue )

Hare ( creates things )

Hare ( and his speech with |xue )

Hare ( why the Bushmen kill hares )

Hare ( cries and fears death )

Hare ( |xue tells him to stop fearing death )

Hare ( says the Bushmen smell badly )

Hare ( |xue gives the Bushmen weapons to shoot hares with )

Hare ( his bags )

Hare ( and the creation of Bushmen )

Hare ( is |xue )

Hare ( is not a mere hare )

Hare ( objects to |xue )

Hare ( speaks Bushman )

Hare ( sleeps in a grass house )

Hare ( puts Bushmen into bags and throws them far away )

Hare ( gives the Bushmen food and thread )

Hare ( gives the Bushmen thread to snare antelope with )

Hare ( does not like Bushmen )

Hare ( his divining pieces )

Hare ( the Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman )

divining ( the Hare's pieces )

divining ( the Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman )

divining ( the Hare's pieces are made of giraffe's skin )

bags ( and the creation of the Bushmen )

bags ( |xue's and the Hare's )

bags ( the Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman )

Antelope ( they created themselves )

Antelope ( and the creation of the Bushmen )

Antelope ( and the Hare and |xue )

Antelope ( the Hare throws them into a forest country for the Bushmen to snare and eat )

Antelope ( the Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman )

death ( and |xue's speech to the Hare )

death ( the Hare who fears death and |xue )

death ( of the Hare )

death ( why Bushmen kill hares )

death ( creation of )

death ( the Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman )

speech ( |xue's to the Hare )

name ( |xue or Hu'-we )

name ( the Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman )

skin ( giraffe-skin bag containing the Hare's divining pieces )

weapons ( given to the Bushmen by |xue in his bag )

food ( given to the Bushmen by |xue in his bag )

food ( the Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman )

country ( of the Bushmen )

country ( |xue throws bags with food and weapons into the Bushmen's )

country ( the Hare, |xue, the Antelope and the Bushman )

9894-9901, 9932-9937, 9938-9943