The lion has the power of turning itself into other things

The lion has the power of turning itself into other things

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The Lion is believed to possess the power of assuming other forms. (L VIII.-23. 8075-8077).</i>

1) p.8074v: |han≠kass'o heard this from Tsatsi as well as from a man called !kui (or Ttarro-hho, or Bartman Bastard); this latter man's youthful name was Ttarro-hho and his grown-up name was !kui !ka xu, which he was given because he was a 'bad man' and a woman threw fire at him, burning him, when he 'wished to marry her'; a lion who 'does not understand' comes to people's huts to kill them, 2) pp.8075v &amp; 8076v: (28 December 1878) see

story

22 December 1878 (started)

Transformation

lion ( its actions and habits )

lion ( 'terror kills us' )

lion ( has the power of turning itself into other things )

lion ( can transform itself )

lion ( has magic powers )

lion ( people lie in wait for it in its hartebeest-form )

lion ( becomes a hartebeest to trick people )

lion ( deceives so it can kill people )

lion ( is cunning )

lion ( assumes the form of a person in a kaross )

transformation ( the lion has the power of turning itself into other things )

transformation ( lion becomes a person )

transformation ( lion becomes a hartebeest )

transformation ( lion wears a kaross )

hartebeest ( the lion wants the people to try and head it )

hartebeest ( the lion tricks people in its form )

hartebeest ( lion has the power of turning itself into )

kaross ( the lion assumes the form of a person and wears one )

kaross ( lion has the power of turning itself into other things )

magic power ( of the lion which can turn itself into other things )

8075-8077