The story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara, or, !ko'-g !nuin-tara and the Day's Heart star

Metadata

Title

The story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara, or, !ko'-g !nuin-tara and the Day's Heart star

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

<i>The Story of !kó-g!nuin-tára, wife of the 'Dawn's-Heart' Star. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.--7. 8393-8432). In a note, in English, after the same narrator, the younger sister of !kó-g!nuin-tára is stated to belong to the Early Race (which preceded the Bushmen in their country), (L VIII.-6. 6546 rev., note).</i>

Comments

1) p.8231v: |han≠kass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an) and from his maternal grandmother (≠kammi), 2) p.8393v: the |xam name for a female hyena, 3) p.8394v: the names of the people who gave the poison to !ko'-g !nuin-tara, 4) p.8395v: the

Type

story

Date

24 April 1879 (started)

Category

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

Keyword

Day's Heart star ( the Dawn's Heart star )

Day's Heart star ( !ko'-g !nuin-tara and )

Day's Heart star ( the Hyenas had made his heart angry )

Day's Heart star ( anoints his wife with the contents of a goat's stomach )

Day's Heart star ( removes his wife's Lynx-hair )

Day's Heart star ( drives goats to !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

Day's Heart star ( stabs the She-Hyena with his assegai )

Day's Heart star ( hides and buries his child under the !huin plant )

Day's Heart star ( and his younger sister-in-law, |xe-dde-yo'e )

Day's Heart star ( is tricked and marries the She-Hyena )

Day's Heart star ( mistakes the She-Hyena for his wife )

Day's Heart star ( and the poisoning of his wife )

Day's Heart star ( accounting for his appearance )

Day's Heart star ( his eyes shine like fires )

Day's Heart star ( and his wife !ko'-g !nuin-tara, the She-Lynx )

star ( the Day's Heart )

star ( the Dawn's Heart )

star ( !ko'-g !nuin-tara and the Day's Heart )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( her story )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( and the Day's Heart star )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( is tranformed into a Lynx )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( the Day's Heart star anoints her with the contents of a goat's stomach )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( the Day's Heart star removes her Lynx-hair )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( keeps her ear tufts )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( springs on her sister as a Lynx )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( her memory leaves her )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( is poisoned )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( becomes a beast of prey )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( has Lynx-hair )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( lives in the reeds )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( how her sister and her husband capture her )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( her clothing and ornaments come off when she becomes a Lynx )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( the She-Hyena deceives and wears her ornaments )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( her 'thinking strings fall' )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( her 'thinking strings are still standing' )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( and the She-Hyena )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( and her child, the Day's Heart child )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( attacks her sister )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( and her younger sister, |xe-dde-yo'e )

!ko'-g !nuin-tara ( and her husband, the Day's Heart star )

Day's Heart child ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara, her mother )

Day's Heart child ( was buried under the !huin plant by her father, the Day's Heart star )

Day's Heart child ( how her mother became a Lynx )

Lynx ( accounting for the appearance of the lynx )

Lynx ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

Lynx ( its ear tufts )

Early Race ( or the First Bushmen )

Early Race ( the Hyenas, the Jackals, the Blue Cranes and the Black Crows are people of )

Early Race ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

Early Race ( and the Day's Heart star )

dance ( called !ku )

dance ( men nod and women clap in )

dance ( or game )

dance ( where the She-Hyena is exposed )

dance ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

!ku dance ( men nod and women clap in )

!ku dance ( or game )

!ku dance ( where the She-Hyena is exposed )

!ku dance ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

thinking strings ( memory, 'knowing' and recognition )

thinking strings ( the falling of )

thinking strings ( !ko'-g !nuin-tara's fall when she no longer recognises her sister )

thinking strings ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

game ( or dance called !ku )

game ( men nod and women clap in )

game ( where the She-Hyena is exposed )

game ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

food ( poisoned, is fed to !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

food ( digging and sifting !haken )

food ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

perspiration ( used to poison !ko'-g !nuin-tara, the She-Lynx )

perspiration ( from the She-Hyena's armpits )

perspiration ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

Hyena ( the She-Hyena )

Hyena ( the people 'made a !ku' dance on her account )

Hyena ( is exposed in the !ku dance )

Hyena ( poisons !ko'-g !nuin-tara with blackened perspiration from the her armpits )

Hyena ( is jealous of the She-Lynx )

Hyena ( wants the Day's Heart child )

Hyena ( burns her backside in the fire )

Hyena ( her backside is pierced by the Day's Heart star )

Hyena ( angers the Day's Heart star )

Hyena ( tricks the Day's Heart star into marrying her )

Hyena ( wears !ko'-g !nuin-tara's ornaments and things )

Hyena ( accounting for the hyena's appearance )

Hyena ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

plant ( !huin, where the Day's Heart star buries and hides the Day's Heart child )

plant ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

!huin plant ( where the Day's Heart star buries and hides the Day's Heart child )

!huin plant ( is eaten by people )

!huin plant ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

reeds ( where !ko'-g !nuin-tara lives when she becomes a Lynx )

reeds ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

|xe-dde-yo'e ( tells the Day's Heart star about the She-Hyena )

|xe-dde-yo'e ( dances the !ku )

|xe-dde-yo'e ( and the Day's Heart child )

|xe-dde-yo'e ( is !ko'-g !nuin-tara's younger sister )

|xe-dde-yo'e ( takes the Day's Heart child to her sister to feed )

|xe-dde-yo'e ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

beast of prey ( !ko'-g !nuin-tara becomes a Lynx )

beast of prey ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

transformation ( !ko'-g !nuin-tara becomes a Lynx )

transformation ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

names ( an edible plant called !huin )

names ( and the story of !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

names ( the She-Lynx is called !ko'-g !nuin-tara )

names ( !ko'-g !nuin-tara's younger sister is called |xe-dde-yo'e )

names ( a dance or game called !ku )

names ( a food called !haken )

Story Pages

8393-8432

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