The youth (of the Early Race of people) who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando

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Title

The youth (of the Early Race of people) who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

<i>The youth of the early race, who saved the lives of the people at home by warning them of the approach of a Koranna war party. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-25. 8251-8261, 26. 8262-8268).</i>

Comments

1) |han≠kass'o heard this from his mother (|xabbi-an), 2) p.8260v: names for and descriptions of various birds and plants in Bushmanland, 4) pp.8266v &amp; 8267v: see

Type

story

Date

13 February 1879 (started)

Category

History (Early Race)

Keyword

youth ( who went singing along )

youth ( who warned his people about the Koranna commando )

youth ( the Korannas help him to 'dip up' water )

youth ( who pretended to be foolish )

youth ( acts like a little child, 'swaying about' )

youth ( transforms himself into a child and a grown-up youth )

youth ( of the Early Race )

youth ( deceives the Koranna commando )

youth ( becomes a little child )

commando ( of Korannas and the Early Race )

commando ( Koranna )

commando ( the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna- )

Koranna ( a commando )

Koranna ( the youth of the Early Race of people who warned those at home of the approach of a commando )

Koranna ( their relations with the |xam )

Koranna ( their 'war things' or war dress )

Koranna commando ( of the Early Race )

Koranna commando ( debate whether to kill the youth )

Koranna commando ( how they came to miss the youth's people )

Koranna commando ( pity the youth and help him dip water )

Koranna commando ( how the youth's people fool and escape from them )

Koranna commando ( bound on wood-pigeon's tails )

Koranna commando ( their 'war things' or war dress )

Koranna commando ( the youth who deceived one into thinking him a foolish child )

transformation ( how the youth deceives a Koranna commando )

transformation ( the youth who becomes a child and then returns to his own form )

transformation ( and the youth of the Early Race of people who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )

wars ( between the |xam and the Korannas )

wars ( and the Early Race )

wars ( 'war things' worn by a Koranna commando )

wars ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )

dress ( the 'war things' worn by the Koranna commando )

dress ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )

Early Race ( or the First Bushmen )

Early Race ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )

water ( and the use of ostrich eggshells )

water ( methods of fetching and 'dipping it up' )

water ( the Koranna commando helps the youth to 'dip it up' )

water ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )

understanding ( possessed by children )

understanding ( possessed by grown-ups, or adults )

understanding ( foolishness )

understanding ( and the youth who pretended to be a foolish child, or simpleton )

understanding ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )

wood-pigeons ( their tails are worn by the Koranna war-party as war's things )

wood-pigeons ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )

ostrich eggshells ( are used to fetch water )

ostrich eggshells ( are stopped up with grass )

ostrich eggshells ( are carried fastened onto the back )

Story Pages

8251-8261, 8262-8268

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