Lion and Tortoise

Metadata

Title

Lion and Tortoise

Collection

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

Contributor

a!kunta (Stoffel) (I)

Summary

[The two Lions !haue ta ≠hou and !gu]

Comments

1) p.1362v: Note by W Bleek, 'Translated freely without Bushman's help'; a note about the language of the tortoise or the way it speaks: it talks with its 'mouth's skin

Type

story

Date

1872 or 1873

Category

History (Early Race)

Keyword

Tortoise ( Lion and )

Tortoise ( and |kaggen )

Tortoise ( 'great' )

Tortoise ( out hunting for ostrich eggs )

Tortoise ( spoils the Lion's hunting )

Tortoise ( leads the Lion to disappointments )

Tortoise ( stands above the Lion's eyebrows )

Tortoise ( swallowed whole by the Lion )

Tortoise ( 'heart' of is thirsty )

Tortoise ( language of )

Tortoise ( talks with 'inside' of mouth )

Tortoise ( talks with 'mouth's skin' )

Tortoise ( the speech of )

Tortoise ( way of talking of )

Tortoise ( does not talk with its tongue )

Lion ( and Tortoise )

Lion ( of the two Lions !haue ta ≠hóu and !gu )

Lion ( doings of )

Lion ( actions of )

Lion ( kills a Bushman )

Lion ( people fear )

Lion ( the Tortoise stands above the eyebrows of )

Lion ( people chase )

Lion ( habits of )

Lion ( swallows the Tortoise whole )

Lion ( eyebrows of )

Lion ( eyebrow hair of )

Lion ( hunting disappointments of )

grown-up person ( 'knows the night' )

grown-up person ( 'does not sleep' )

grown-up person ( 'knows the things that walk at night' )

beasts of prey ( walk at night )

beasts of prey ( doings of )

beasts of prey ( actions of )

|kaggen ( the Mantis )

|kaggen ( and the Tortoise )

night ( a grown-up person 'knows the night' )

night ( a grown-up person 'does not sleep' )

night ( a grown-up person 'knows the things that walk at night' )

names ( of the two Lions )

names ( Lion and Tortoise )

hunting ( disappointments of the Lion )

hunting ( Lion and Tortoise )

speech ( of Tortoise )

speech ( Lion and Tortoise )

speech ( the Tortoise talks with 'inside' of mouth )

speech ( the Tortoise talks with 'mouth's skin' )

speech ( the Tortoise does not talk with its tongue )

Story Pages

1362-1392

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