Sorcerers shoot with invisible arrows, causing illness

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Title

Sorcerers shoot with invisible arrows, causing illness

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

Sorcerers shoot with invisible arrows, causing illness. The sick man. The aid of the old women to be sought. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-14. 7287 and 7288; 15. 7289-7295).

Comments

1) |han≠kass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an), 2) p.7293v: what the 'Bushman doctors' say when 'snoring' out the invisible arrow (it has made a bruise), 3) See also

Type

story

Date

12 August 1878

Category

Custom and daily life

Healing and ailing

Keyword

sorcerers ( !giten )

sorcerers ( shoot with invisible arrows )

sorcerers ( bewitch people )

sorcerers ( cause illness )

sorcerers ( the ill-effects of their arrows )

sorcerers ( doings of )

sorcerers ( about )

sorcerers ( healers )

sorcerers ( 'snore' people )

arrows ( that bewitch people )

arrows ( of sorcerers )

arrows ( sorcerers shoot with invisible )

arrows ( that cause illness, pain and weariness )

arrows ( the wounds caused by )

arrows ( the 'snoring' out of )

old women ( 'snore' the wounds caused by the sorcerer's arrows )

doctoring ( healing )

doctoring ( by old women )

doctoring ( of the sorcerer's arrow-wounds )

snoring ( or healing )

snoring ( of bewitchment by sorcerers )

snoring ( -work )

snoring ( by old women )

snoring ( out of sorcerer's arrow )

snoring ( out things )

healing ( or 'snoring' )

healing ( of the wound caused by a sorcerer's arrow )

illness ( healing or doctoring )

illness ( 'snoring' )

illness ( caused by sorcerers who shoot with an invisible arrow )

name ( |xam, for sorcerers is !giten )

name ( sorcerers shoot with invisible arrows )

healer ( old woman )

healer ( who 'snores' a person shot with a sorcerer's invisible arrow )

work ( healing or doctoring )

work ( 'snoring' )

work ( of illness caused by the sorcerer's invisible arrows )

work ( done by a healer or old woman )

Story Pages

7287-7288, 7289-7295

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