The story of the Ratel (or Mellivora) and the Waterskilpad

The story of the Ratel (or Mellivora) and the Waterskilpad

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>The vicious Water-tortoise and the charitable Ratel (Mellivora), a fable related to Dia!kwãin, by his mother (L V.-5. 4265-4291).</i>

1) p.4264v: This story was told to Dia!kwain by his mother (≠kamme-an); the

story

26 February 1875 (started)

History (Early Race)

Tortoise ( Great )

Tortoise ( or Great Water Tortoise )

Tortoise ( the story of the Ratel and the Waterskilpad )

Tortoise ( Waterskilpad )

Tortoise ( is cunning )

Tortoise ( its neck folds decay )

Tortoise ( is vicious )

Tortoise ( was formerly a man )

Tortoise ( traps hands in its neck folds )

Tortoise ( its actions )

Tortoise ( deceives Ratel )

Tortoise ( feigns illness )

Tortoise ( its neck folds )

Tortoise ( hands decay in its neck folds )

Ratel ( Mellivora )

Ratel ( the honey badger )

Ratel ( the story of the Ratel and the Waterskilpad )

Ratel ( is deceived by Great Tortoise )

Ratel ( is foolish and does not understand )

Ratel ( his story )

Ratel ( his claws decay )

Ratel ( accounting for appearance of the ratel )

Ratel ( lies ill )

Ratel ( is trapped by and stuck fast in Tortoise's neck folds )

Ratel ( fights Tortoise )

fight ( between the Ratel and the Waterskilpad )

illness ( Great Tortoise feigns to deceive Ratel )

animals ( why the ratel's claws are long )

animals ( and the story of the Ratel and the Waterskilpad )

4265-4287