Avoidance behaviour relating to lions

Metadata

Title

Avoidance behaviour relating to lions

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Summary

<i>The Lion. Power over the time of sunset, and over the water-skins of the Bushmen, possessed by him. Flies tell him that a Bushman intends to fetch water, to-day. Caution in fetching water is recommended. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-11. 4869 rev.-4879 rev.).</i>

Comments

1) This story is found in Book V-11

Type

story

Date

2 July 1875

Category

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

Keyword

lion ( its nature and habits )

lion ( the ways it catches and kills people )

lion ( makes waterbags leak )

lion ( want to catch people out in the veld away from home )

lion ( deceives people )

lion ( its power )

lion ( and flies, which inform it )

lion ( and water-holes )

lion ( flies tell it that a person intends to fetch water )

lion ( its magic powers )

lion ( has power over the sun )

lion ( its power over the waterskin )

lion ( is cunning )

lion ( avoidance behaviour relating to )

teaching ( children not to play at the water )

teaching ( about the doings of the lion )

teaching ( and warnings )

teaching ( about collecting water )

teaching ( about the power of lions )

teaching ( and avoidance behaviour relating to lions )

teaching ( about flies and lions )

flies ( inform the lion )

flies ( and the lion )

flies ( spy on the people )

flies ( and avoidance behaviour relating to lions )

flies ( tell lion that a person intends to fetch water )

sun ( lion's power over )

sun ( avoidance behaviour relating to lions )

water-holes ( children taught not to play there )

water-holes ( and avoidance behaviour relating to lions )

waterskin ( lion's power over )

waterskin ( and avoidance behaviour relating to lions )

water ( children taught not to play at water-holes )

water ( flies tell lion that a person intends to fetch water )

water ( and avoidance behaviour relating to lions )

water ( about collecting it safely )

water ( -skin, lion's power over )

children ( taught not to play at water-holes )

children ( taught about lions )

children ( taught about flies and lions )

children ( and avoidance behaviour relating to lions )

education ( of children not to play at the water )

education ( about the doings of the lion )

education ( and warnings )

education ( about collecting water safely )

education ( about the power of lions )

education ( and avoidance behaviour relating to lions )

magic powers ( of lions over the sun and the waterskin )

magic powers ( avoidance behaviour relating to lions )

Story Pages

4869v-4879v

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