Hyena and lion

Hyena and lion

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

a!kunta (Stoffel) (I)

A lion sees the hyena carry away a gemsbok to give to her children waiting in the hole. It goes to head her off but the hyena bites the lion's thigh and it screams in pain. The hyena carries off the gemsbok and leaves the lion, who goes into some thorn bushes where |a!kunta's paternal grandfather Griesbaart sees it. The hyena goes out looking for ostrich eggs which she takes home to her children. There follows a discussion of how they drink the egg-liquid and a general account of the finding and drinking of eggs.

1) |a!kunta heard this story from his mother's father (note on p.591), finished on p.645 (see note on page), 2) Date on p.591: 22 March '72; p.594: 24 March, 3) p.598v: note on the name of |a!kunta's mother's father (called Griesbaart), 4) p.640v: what the |xam eat (names of foodstuffs), 5) This story is found in Book V

story

March 1872

History (personal)

Plants and animals

hyena ( and lion )

hyena ( doings of )

hyena ( children of )

hyena ( and ostrich eggs )

hyena ( eating habits of )

hyena ( the gemsbok and )

hyena ( bites the lion's thigh )

lion ( hyena and )

lion ( thigh of is bitten by the hyena )

lion ( and Griesbaart )

thorn bush ( the hyena and the lion and )

thorn bush ( the lion crawls to )

thorn bush ( called !nabba )

thorn bush ( spoor and )

names ( of |xam )

names ( of |a!kunta's paternal grandfather )

names ( of a thorn bush )

names ( of food )

ostrich ( the hyena and the lion and )

ostrich ( the hyena drinks eggs of )

ostrich ( house of )

ostrich ( spoor of )

ostrich ( 'foot's scent' of )

ostrich eggs ( eating )

ostrich eggs ( finding )

ostrich eggs ( |xam methods of drinking )

ostrich eggs ( hyena and the lion and )

ostrich eggs ( hyenas eat )

ostrich eggs ( parts eaten of )

ostrich eggs ( shell of thrown away )

food ( eaten by the |xam )

food ( names of )

food ( hyena eats ostrich eggs )

food ( finding and drinking ostrich eggs )

food ( hyena and lion )

|a!kunta ( his paternal grandfather Griesbaart )

child ( hyena's )

personal history ( Griesbaart and the lion )

gemsbok ( hyena carries of )

gemsbok ( and hyena and lion )

591-645