The rain (and eating tortoises)

The rain (and eating tortoises)

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Certain serpents and tortoises supposed to be kept in store by the Rain. (L VIII.-16. 7431 rev. and 7432 rev.). For fear of arousing the wrath of the Rain, a certain kind of tortoise is not to be eaten by young unmarried men and women. The Rain to be addressed when it appears to be displeased. (L VIII.-26. 8303-8309. The manner in which the Rain is addressed by the old men. (L VIII.-26. 8304 rev. and 8305 rev., note).

1) p.8302v: the |xam names of some of |han≠kass'o's relations (who told |han≠kass'o this story), 2) p.8304v: what |han≠kass'o's grandfather and old men say to the rain, 3) p.8305v: why the rain is ashamed, 4) p.8307v: what white men and the |xam call the falling rainwater, 5) p.8308v: see:

story

6 - 8 March 1879

The Rain and Rain's water

rain ( the Rain )

rain ( !khwa or !khoa )

rain ( goes away with its tail between its legs )

rain ( is made ashamed )

rain ( is addressed by a man with a good heart )

rain ( respecting )

rain ( scolding )

rain ( the education of children concerning )

rain ( is angry, or wrathful )

rain ( the old man's address to )

rain ( |han≠kass'o's grandfather Tsatsi's address to )

rain ( what |han≠kass'o's relations told him about )

rain ( is asked to fall gently )

rain ( its liquid )

rain ( what the |xam call it )

rain ( what the white men call it )

rain ( and thunder and lightning )

rain ( 'lightens' )

rain ( its clouds )

rain ( when thundering, 'sounds hollowly' )

rain ( and its things )

rain ( its tortoise must not be eaten by young unmarried men and women )

rain ( eating its things prohibited )

tortoise ( eating of prohibited )

tortoise ( and the rain )

tortoise ( is the rain's thing )

tortoise ( must not be eaten by young men and women )

tortoise ( eating it angers the rain )

food ( avoidance of tortoise and the rain's things )

food ( the rain's things must not be eaten )

food ( tortoise must not be eaten by unmarried men and women )

food ( and respect for the rain )

|han≠kass'o ( the names of some of his relations )

|han≠kass'o ( his grandfather Tsatsi's address to the rain )

|han≠kass'o ( what his relations told him about the rain )

|han≠kass'o ( his personal history )

address ( to the rain )

address ( to the angry rain )

address ( |han≠kass'o's grandfather Tsatsi's to the rain )

address ( what old men say to the rain )

address ( by a man with a good heart who does not scold it )

name ( of Rain is !khwa or !khoa )

name ( what the |xam call the rain )

name ( what the white men call the rain )

name ( names of |han≠kass'o's relations )

personal history ( the names of some of |han≠kass'o's relations )

personal history ( |han≠kass'o's grandfather Tsatsi's address to the rain )

education ( of children concerning the rain and eating tortoise )

education ( about respecting the rain's things )

education ( what |han≠kass'o's relations told him about the rain )

teaching ( children about the rain and eating tortoise )

teaching ( about respecting the rain's things )

teaching ( what |han≠kass'o's relations told him about the rain )

8303-8309