Concerning apparitions (or How, when the first wife of Dia!kwain was buried, those returning to their homes saw the apparition of a little child)

Metadata

Title

Concerning apparitions (or How, when the first wife of Dia!kwain was buried, those returning to their homes saw the apparition of a little child)

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Summary

<i>Apparition seen by the party returning from the burial of the narrator's wife; followed by the account of an apparition seen, on another occasion, by the narrator's brother-in-law. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-22. 5810, 23. 5811-5832). </i>

Comments

1) p.5809v: 'A personal adventure - Related by Dia!kwain', 2) This story is found in Books V-22 and V-23

Type

story

Date

3 January 1876 (started)

Category

History (personal)

Custom and daily life

Keyword

Dia!kwain ( his brother-in-law, Mansse )

Dia!kwain ( his personal history )

Dia!kwain ( his place )

Dia!kwain ( and the apparition of a little child )

Dia!kwain ( sees an apparition returning from his wife's funeral )

Dia!kwain ( his relations )

Dia!kwain ( the names of his relations )

names ( of Dia!kwain's relations )

names ( and the apparition seen after Dia!kwain's wife's funeral )

apparition ( |xam beliefs about )

apparition ( or ghost )

apparition ( the appearance of )

apparition ( accounting for the appearance of )

apparition ( is the different part of a person )

apparition ( does not want to go away and leave people )

apparition ( wants to be seen )

apparition ( takes off its skin )

apparition ( is the part that thinks of people )

apparition ( teachings about )

apparition ( and sorcerers )

apparition ( the forms it takes )

apparition ( resembles a person )

apparition ( is a thing which is different )

apparition ( and death )

apparition ( on the salt pan )

apparition ( and Dia!kwain )

apparition ( which resembled Dia!kwain's wife )

apparition ( seen by Mansse )

apparition ( of a child )

apparition ( seen after Dia!kwain's wife's funeral )

apparition ( when they appear )

apparition ( appears when sorcerers carry person quite away )

apparition ( its outer skin looks at people )

skin ( taken off by the apparition )

skin ( apparition's outer skin looks at people )

teachings ( about apparitions )

death ( and apparitions )

death ( what happens after )

death ( people change form after )

death ( taking off the skin after )

death ( people become a different thing after )

death ( and spirits )

death ( and ancestors )

death ( and seeing the dead )

death ( the forms the dead take )

death ( and the actions of sorcerers )

sorcerers ( apparitions appear when they carry a person quite away )

sorcerers ( and concerning apparitions )

sorcerers ( their actions )

sorcerers ( are angry people )

sorcerers ( take the dead away )

personal history ( of Dia!kwain and his relations )

personal history ( the apparition seen after Dia!kwain's wife's funeral )

ancestors ( concerning apparitions )

ancestors ( and what happens after death )

ancestors ( and the apparition seen by Dia!kwain and his people when returning from his wife's funeral )

funeral ( of Dia!kwain's first wife )

funeral ( the apparition seen after Dia!kwain's wife's )

ghost ( concerning apparitions )

ghost ( the apparition seen after Dia!kwain's wife's funeral )

Story Pages

5810, 5811-5832

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