The locust bird or ||kerri
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The locust bird or ||kerri
Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks
Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)
<i>The locusts (with the locust birds which accompany them) are set free by Sorcerers. Stones not to be thrown at the locusts. (L V.-21. 5708-5719 1/2). </i>
1) p.5707v: this story was told to Dia!kwain's mother by the sorceress Tannu !kauken who heard it from her mother; Dutch farmers call the locust bird the
story
December 1875
Custom and daily life
Plants and animals
Portention
locusts ( and the locust bird or ||kerri )
locusts ( 'flocks' of )
locusts ( and death )
locusts ( playing games with )
locusts ( the eating of )
locusts ( respecting and fearing )
locusts ( and sorcerers )
locusts ( and opening the hole )
locusts ( are shut in the hole )
locusts ( prohibitions relating to )
locusts ( throwing stones at )
locusts ( teachings about )
locusts ( are dangerous things or 'fighting things' )
locusts ( are charmed by sorcerers )
locusts ( are let out by sorcerers )
locusts ( go about because of magic )
locusts ( are magic things )
locusts ( and the locust bird, or ||kerri )
locusts ( the treatment of )
locusts ( avoidance behaviour relating to )
locust bird ( ||kerri )
locust bird ( is like a locust )
locust bird ( and the opening of the hole )
locust bird ( waits to be let out )
locust bird ( and sorcerers )
locust bird ( fly with locusts )
locust bird ( and locusts )
locust bird ( are shut in the hole )
locust bird ( are let out by sorcerers )
locust bird ( are magic things )
locust bird ( are dangerous things or 'fighting things' )
death ( and locusts and locust birds )
death ( and 'killing magic' of sorcerers )
death ( locusts and locust birds are dangerous things or 'fighting things' )
death ( and sorcerers who kill people with magic )
death ( and the bad consequences of disrespecting magic things )
sorcerers ( and locusts )
sorcerers ( kill people with magic )
sorcerers ( and respecting magic things )
sorcerers ( and the locust bird )
sorcerers ( open and roll the stone from the hole )
sorcerers ( send locusts to people )
sorcerers ( give people locusts to eat )
sorcerers ( go about with locusts )
sorcerers ( watch how people treat locusts )
sorcerers ( their actions when angry )
sorcerers ( their 'killing magic' )
sorcerers ( shut locusts in the hole )
sorcerers ( release locusts and locust birds )
sorcerers ( charm locusts )
sorcerers ( 'shoot' at people with magic things )
sorcerers ( kill people )
sorcerers ( and playing games with locusts )
sorcerers ( respecting their things )
magic things ( and sorcerers )
magic things ( sorcerers 'shoot' at people with )
magic things ( and the locust bird or ||kerri )
name ( of the locust bird is ||kerri )
teaching ( about respecting magic things )
teaching ( about respecting locusts and locust birds )
education ( about respecting magic things )
education ( about respecting locusts and locust birds )
food ( eating locusts )
food ( sorcerers give people locusts to eat )
food ( and the locust bird or ||kerri )
respect ( for magic things )
respect ( for locusts and locust birds )
stones ( not to be thrown at locusts )
stones ( and respecting magic things )
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