About locusts

Metadata

Title

About locusts

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

When a swarm of locusts comes flying past the people must go to the place where the locusts settle and make fire. The rainmaker, |kannu, grew locusts and gave them to the people.

Comments

1) Date on p.6640: 10 April; p.6673: 15 May, 2) pp.6639v-6646v: see |

Type

story

Date

April - May 1878

Category

Custom and daily life

The Rain and Rain's water

Keyword

locust ( and the times of day )

locust ( and sorcerers )

locust ( preserving its legs )

locust ( and gambro )

locust ( the seeking and collecting of )

locust ( picking it up properly )

locust ( and birds and jackals )

locust ( 'locust-thirst' )

locust ( its eggs )

locust ( a description of a 'body' or swarm )

locust ( the male and female parts of the swarm )

locust ( grown, created by the rainmaker |kannu )

locust ( drinking water and collecting it )

locust ( 'leaving alone' )

locust ( the eating of )

locust ( things that frighten it away )

locust ( respecting )

locust ( the treatment of )

locust ( avoidance behaviour relating to )

locust ( burning and killing )

locust ( and bushes )

locust ( what people call out to it )

locust ( and |kui sse )

locust ( and sunset )

locust ( the actions and habits of )

locust ( the coming of )

locust ( places where it settles )

locust ( fires must be made at the place where locusts settle )

sorcerers ( and locusts )

sorcerers ( |kannu the rainmaker )

sorcerers ( rain-sorcerers )

food ( seeking and collecting locusts )

food ( |kannu the rainmaker created locusts and gave them to the people )

name ( called by the people to the locust )

name ( of edible plants )

name ( gambro or |kui )

name ( of a plant, |kui sse )

name ( of a rainmaker, |kannu )

respect ( for locusts )

respect ( what people call out to the locust )

respect ( picking the locust up properly )

respect ( preserving the locust's legs )

water ( drinking and collecting locusts )

water ( locust-thirst )

insect ( about locusts )

|kannu ( the rainmaker )

|kannu ( his behaviour )

|kannu ( gives locusts to the people )

|kannu ( 'is an old man' )

|kannu ( his 'decayed' arm )

|kannu ( owns locusts )

|kannu ( grows locusts )

|kannu ( and the creation of locusts )

rain ( its liquid or dew )

rain ( and locusts )

rain ( making fires when it is wet )

rain ( |kannu the rainmaker created locusts )

fires ( must be made at the place where the locusts settle )

fires ( making )

fires ( and locusts )

fires ( making them when it rains )

thirst ( locust-thirst )

thirst ( kills )

thirst ( the ill-effects of )

thirst ( headaches from )

thirst ( and collecting locusts )

gambro ( or |kui )

gambro ( the ill-effects of )

gambro ( 'fights' and kills people )

creation ( of locusts by |kannu the rainmaker )

illness ( caused by locust-thirst )

illness ( caused by eating gambro )

illness ( headache )

illness ( and collecting locusts )

rainmaker ( called |kannu created locusts and gave them to the people )

rainmaker ( sorcerers and locusts )

Story Pages

6625-6686

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