The children taught to use another name for the lion

Metadata

Title

The children taught to use another name for the lion

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Summary

<i>The name of the Lion not to be spoken by children. In the Katkop dialect, by Día!kwãin, from ≠kámme-an (L V.-7. 4526 and 4526, 8. 4527-4562). Another version of this warning (L V.-8. 4563-4573). </i>

Comments

1) p.4564v: grown-ups may say the lion's name, 2) p.4567v: the lion shows children (when they are grown-up) what it is like to be a plaything (as when they played with its name) by being his 'plaything' on the hunting-ground, 3) p.4572v: Xwerri-kau played with the lion's name as a child, 4) See also

Type

story

Date

9 April 1875 (started)

Category

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

Keyword

lion ( children taught to use another name )

lion ( a warning about )

lion ( teachings about )

lion ( disrespecting or playing with its name )

lion ( respect for its name )

lion ( and Xwerri-kau's story )

lion ( avoidance behaviour relating to the saying of its name )

lion ( prohibitions regarding )

lion ( its other name is Hair )

lion ( children call it Hair )

lion ( who can say its name )

lion ( waits till children grow up )

lion ( its revenge on the hunting-ground )

lion ( respect for )

lion ( flies tell him things )

lion ( and flies )

lion ( children must respect his name )

lion ( remembers what children do )

teaching ( about the lion )

teaching ( children are warned to respect lion's name )

education ( children taught to use another name for the lion )

education ( of children about lions )

children ( taught to use another name for the lion )

children ( and playing with or disrespecting the lion's name )

children ( who disrespect the lion and what happens when they are adults )

children ( are cautioned about respecting the lion's name )

children ( call the lion Hair )

children ( and the lion's revenge on the hunting-ground )

name ( respecting the lion's )

name ( avoiding saying the lion's )

name ( consequences of playing with the lion's )

name ( children call the lion Hair )

name ( children taught to use another name for the lion )

hair ( children call the lion Hair )

hair ( children taught to use another name for the lion )

respect ( children taught to use another name for the lion )

respect ( for the lion's name )

fly ( flies tell the lion things )

fly ( tells the lion when its name is spoken )

fly ( and children taught to use another name for the lion )

revenge ( of the lion on the hunting ground )

revenge ( and children taught to use another name for the lion )

Story Pages

4563-4573

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