Doings of the Mantis when the eland has been wounded

Doings of the Mantis when the eland has been wounded

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>An account of the doings of the Mantis when an Eland has been wounded. The protection afforded by the Mantis to the Eland is also alluded by Díä!kwãin, in 'Rules to be observed when an Eland has been shot, etc.' (L VIII.-23. 8033-8039). </i>

1) p.8032v: |han≠kass'o heard this story from his maternal grandfather (Tsatsi), 2) pp.8037v-8038v: |kaggen loves the gemsbok and becomes a hare so that hunters will shoot him instead of the game, 3) See also

story

November/December 1878

|kaggen (the Mantis)

Custom and daily life

|kaggen ( the Mantis )

|kaggen ( was formerly killed to save the game )

|kaggen ( became a wounded hartebeest )

|kaggen ( and his hares )

|kaggen ( loves and protects the game )

|kaggen ( is invisible )

|kaggen ( 'does not love us if we kill an eland' )

|kaggen ( troubles the hunter )

|kaggen ( first made the eland and then the hartebeest )

|kaggen ( feels the bowstring )

|kaggen ( troubles the man who shoots the eland )

|kaggen ( strikes the eland's horn )

|kaggen ( his doings when an eland has been wounded )

|kaggen ( wants the eland to live )

|kaggen ( wants the gemsbok to live )

|kaggen ( loves the eland and the hartebeest )

|kaggen ( pinches the man's ear )

|kaggen ( his actions )

|kaggen ( makes the people kill him )

|kaggen ( makes the man exclaim )

|kaggen ( does not love the gemsbok )

|kaggen ( becomes a hare )

eland ( |kaggen's )

eland ( |kaggen and the man who shoots it )

eland ( |kaggen strikes its horn )

eland ( vomits from poison )

eland ( a man's exclaiming makes it live )

eland ( its 'death's urine' )

eland ( is |kaggen's thing )

eland ( |kaggen created it )

eland ( and hartebeest are loved by |kaggen )

eland ( |kaggen 'does not love us if we kill an eland' )

eland ( and hartebeest are |kaggen's things )

eland ( dying from poison )

eland ( doings of the |kaggen when the eland has been wounded )

poison ( the actions of on the wounded game )

poison ( makes the animal vomit )

poison ( the eland recovers from and lives )

poison ( that attacks the eland's 'heart's-arteries' )

poison ( and doings of the |kaggen when the eland has been wounded )

bowstring ( |kaggen feels that of the bow that shot the eland )

bowstring ( and doings of the |kaggen when the eland has been wounded )

hartebeest ( |kaggen formerly became a wounded one )

hartebeest ( |kaggen first made the eland and then the hartebeest )

hartebeest ( |kaggen loves the eland and the hartebeest )

hartebeest ( and doings of the |kaggen when the eland has been wounded )

gemsbok ( when one is shot hares appear )

gemsbok ( feel that the hare is |kaggen )

gemsbok ( and doings of the |kaggen when the eland has been wounded )

hares ( killing one makes the gemsbok live )

hares ( they appear when game has been shot )

hares ( |kaggen becomes one so men can shoot and kill him )

hares ( seem tame )

hares ( 'wish that we may kill them' )

hares ( and doings of the |kaggen when the eland has been wounded )

hunting ( observances when an eland has been shot )

hunting ( killing hare makes gemsbok live )

hunting ( the doings of |kaggen when an eland, game has been wounded )

8033-8039