Ddi xerreten and the Lioness

Ddi xerreten and the Lioness

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The Man of the Early Race, whose head was of stone, the Lioness, and the Children. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-25. 8177-8197).</i>

1) p.8176v: |han≠kass'o heard this story from his maternal grandmother (≠kammi) and also from his mother (|xabbi-an) when he was older, 2) p.8180v: on poisoning people (using a substance used by farmers to kill jackals), 3) p.8188v: water covered with green moss or weed is undrinkable, 4) p.8192v: the |xam call their language |

story

21 January 1879 (started)

History (Early Race)

language ( the |xam call their's |xam ka ≠kakken ≠kakken )

children ( whose people live in the ravines )

children ( who live nicely with and work for the Lioness )

children ( return to their own people )

children ( liberated by Ddi xerreten )

children ( the Lioness loves them )

children ( and Ddi xerreten and the Lioness )

Ddi xerreten ( and the Lioness )

Ddi xerreten ( the Lioness hurts her teeth biting his stone head )

Ddi xerreten ( what he says to the children )

Ddi xerreten ( and the Lioness )

Ddi xerreten ( his head is a stone )

Ddi xerreten ( is a person of the Early Race )

Ddi xerreten ( liberates and returns the children their homes )

Early Race ( or the First Bushmen )

Early Race ( Ddi xerreten and the Lioness are people of )

Lioness ( Ddi xerreten and )

Lioness ( hurts her teeth on Ddi xerreten's stone head )

Lioness ( kills gemsbok and collects water using its stomach )

Lioness ( takes children who are not hers )

Lioness ( collects other people's children )

Lioness ( loves the children )

Lioness ( is an invalid on account of her chest )

Lioness ( needs the children to work for her )

stone ( Ddi xerreten's head is one )

stone ( Ddi xerreten and the Lioness )

8177-8197