A mother's prohibitions with regard to the hartebeest and her child

A mother's prohibitions with regard to the hartebeest and her child

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>Some remarkable superstitions concerning the Hartebeest, whose head is said to resemble that of the Mantis; and also a curious charm made from the foot of the Hartebeest, and used by Bushman women for their children as a protection against the Mantis (L V.-6. 4414 rev.-4418 rev.). </i>

1) See

story

19 March 1875 (started)

|kaggen (the Mantis)

Custom and daily life

charm ( the making of )

charm ( made by a mother )

charm ( that protects children from |kaggen )

charm ( made of the hartebeest's foot )

charm ( and the scent of the hartebeest )

charm ( made from one of |kaggen's things )

prohibitions ( and avoidance behaviour )

prohibitions ( mothers with children and their eating of hartebeest )

prohibitions ( and charms )

hartebeest ( and protection from |kaggen )

hartebeest ( a charm made from its foot )

hartebeest ( prohibitions regarding the eating of )

hartebeest ( women do not spring over its head )

hartebeest ( and |kaggen )

hartebeest ( is |kaggen's thing )

hartebeest ( its smell protects the child )

|kaggen ( the Mantis )

|kaggen ( the way it would kill a child )

|kaggen ( a charm which protects a child from )

|kaggen ( and a hartebeest charm )

|kaggen ( his things )

|kaggen ( and the smell of the hartebeest )

children ( things that can kill )

children ( and the hartebeest charm )

children ( how their mothers protect them from |kaggen )

mothers ( how they protect their children against |kaggen )

mothers ( their prohibitions with regard to the hartebeest and their children )

food ( prohibitions against the eating of hartebeest by mothers with children )

4415v-4418v