The story of |kuken-|u |unu

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Title

The story of |kuken-|u |unu

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

The story of |kuken-|u |unu (a caterpillar, larva of Aloa) who was formerly a person of the Early Race. |kuken-|u |unu curses a girl and she falls ill. |kuken-|u |unu pretends to die and the girl dies after him and they are buried. The people move to a different watering-hole and |kuken-|u |unu digs up the girl's body and eats her. He follows after the people and repeats this process a number of times, cursing and eating different girls.

Comments

1) p.7306v: |han≠kass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an); |kuken-|u |unu was one of the Early Race of people and therefore ate people; |kuken-|u |unu is also known as the larva of

Type

story

Date

19 August 1878 (started)

Category

History (Early Race)

Healing and ailing

Keyword

caterpillar ( in |kuken-|u |unu's song )

caterpillar ( |kuken-|u |unu is a tiger moth, larva of Aloa )

caterpillar ( called |kuken-|u |unu, who was formerly a person of the Early Race )

|kuken-|u |unu ( is a caterpillar, larva of Aloa )

|kuken-|u |unu ( lies 'in the old hut' )

|kuken-|u |unu ( 'feigned to be ill' )

|kuken-|u |unu ( and the ostrich eggshell )

|kuken-|u |unu ( the doings of )

|kuken-|u |unu ( his things )

|kuken-|u |unu ( sings 'O caterpillar' )

|kuken-|u |unu ( sings to the things )

|kuken-|u |unu ( follows the spoor of the people )

|kuken-|u |unu ( makes a hut )

|kuken-|u |unu ( 'scratches out' the buried girls )

|kuken-|u |unu ( digs up the buried girls )

|kuken-|u |unu ( spits and curses )

|kuken-|u |unu ( and the girls who fetch water )

|kuken-|u |unu ( kills and eats the girls )

|kuken-|u |unu ( was a person of the Early Race )

|kuken-|u |unu ( eats fat girls )

|kuken-|u |unu ( curses the girl that she might die )

|kuken-|u |unu ( eats the girls )

|kuken-|u |unu ( pretends to be dead )

Early Race ( the First Bushmen, or !xwe ||na ss'o !kui )

Early Race ( and |kuken-|u |unu )

Early Race ( when |kuken-|u |unu ate the girls )

girls ( fat, are cut up, cooked and eaten by |kuken-|u |unu )

girls ( who are cursed by |kuken-|u |unu and become ill )

girls ( are 'snored' )

girls ( of the Early Race )

healing ( 'snoring' )

healing ( of the girls cursed by |kuken-|u |unu )

ostrich eggshell ( |kuken-|u |unu's )

snoring ( healing )

snoring ( of the girls cursed by |kuken-|u |unu )

curse ( |kuken-|u |unu's )

curse ( of the girls who become ill and die )

falling hearts ( and the death of the girls cursed by |kuken-|u |unu )

burial ( of |kuken-|u |unu )

burial ( of the girls cursed by |kuken-|u |unu )

fat ( girls are eaten by |kuken-|u |unu )

death ( customs at )

death ( and the burial of |kuken-|u |unu and the girls )

death ( the people travel to a 'different place' after )

death ( when hearts 'fall' down )

death ( customs observed at )

death ( leaving the place of )

death ( lying in the 'old hut' )

place ( of death )

place ( and the story of |kuken-|u |unu )

place ( people travel to a 'different' after death )

hut ( the dead body lies 'in the old hut' )

hut ( of the dead )

hut ( and the story of |kuken-|u |unu )

song ( sung by |kuken-|u |unu: 'O caterpillar' )

burial ( of the girls cursed by |kuken-|u |unu )

burial ( |kuken-|u |unu digs up the girls' bodies and eats them )

Story Pages

7307-7363

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