Further ceremonies in cutting up eland

Further ceremonies in cutting up eland

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

More ceremonies performed when cutting up eland, as it is a 'magic thing'.

1) p.5363v: Dia!kwain was told this by his father (Xaa-ttin), 2) p.5365v: a note to reread (dated 13 December 1875), 3) See also

story

30 September - 4 October 1875

Custom and daily life

|kaggen (the Mantis)

eland ( ceremonies in cutting up )

eland ( is a 'magic thing' )

eland ( ways of approaching it when it is dead )

eland ( the fear of making it lean )

eland ( looking away from )

eland ( its magic powers )

eland ( respecting )

eland ( ceremonies for cutting it up )

eland ( and hunting observances )

eland ( and avoidance behaviour )

eland ( fat )

eland ( lean )

eland ( what the hunters say )

hunting ( and ceremonies in cutting up eland )

hunting ( observances )

hunting ( of eland )

hunting ( of magic things )

hunting ( of |kaggen's things )

game ( ceremonies in cutting up eland )

game ( ceremonies )

game ( lean )

game ( fat )

game ( eland is a 'magic thing' )

|kaggen ( the Mantis )

|kaggen ( the eland is its thing )

|kaggen ( and the ceremonies for cutting up the eland )

respect ( for the eland and |kaggen's things )

respect ( and ceremonies in cutting up eland )

respect ( for the eland which is a 'magic thing' )

magic powers ( of the eland )

magic powers ( and ceremonies in cutting up eland )

magic powers ( eland is a 'magic thing' )

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