The monster ||khwai-hemm's speech

The monster ||khwai-hemm's speech

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

kabbo (Jantje) (II)

The visit of the Mantis to the houses of the Ticks, - who, excepting one boy, have hidden themselves away in the fleeces of their sheet, -evil thoughts of the Mantis with regard to this boy, who is left in charge of the pots of food which are upon the fire, -return of the Ticks, -their attack upon the Mantis, -his flight home, -his revenge upon the Ticks for their inhospitality and ill-treatment of him, -the consequent destitution of the Ticks, which is lamented by the relatives of the Mantis, -the monster //khwái-hemm is now, by the wish of the Mantis, unwillingly summoned by his daughter, the Porcupine, to swallow for them a portion of the Ticks' flock of sheep,- his fearful appearance and unlimited voracity, -he swallows the Mantis, and the brave /kwámmana as well, -fiery trial of the young sons of the Mantis and /kwámmana by the Porcupine, -the monster //khwái-hemm slain, -re-appearance of all the animals and things which had just been swallowed by him, -removal of the survivors from the place where he lay dead. (L II. - 32. 2916-2965, 33. 2966-3057, 34. 3058-3149, translated). The monster //khwái-hemm's speech to the Mantis and the reply of the latter are given separately. (B XXIII. 2161-2210, 2234-2247).

1) The monster's name '||khwai hemm' is spelt in different ways throughout the stories in which he appears; ||khwai hemm is the porcupine's father; a note on '!kubbu': a word from a very old language of people who died before the First Bushmen lived (and the |xam name for them), 2) p.2190v: the 'spectre lion' (||khuga mmummu) or the lion's ghost that ||kabbo (Jantje) saw, 3) p.2194v:

story

30 August 1873 (started)

|kaggen (the Mantis)

monster ( ||khwai-hemm's speech )

||khwai-hemm ( speech of the monster )

||khwai-hemm ( fire and )

||khwai-hemm ( is the Porcupine's father )

||khwai-hemm ( eats things )

||khwai-hemm ( devourer of things )

||khwai-hemm ( doings of )

||khwai-hemm ( actions of )

||khwai-hemm ( and |kaggen )

|kaggen ( the Mantis )

|kaggen ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

|kaggen ( starts fights )

|kaggen ( beating of )

|kaggen ( and |kwammana )

|kaggen ( and !goe !kweitentu )

|kaggen ( names of )

|kaggen ( shoes of )

|kaggen ( things of )

|kaggen ( friends of )

|kaggen ( flies away )

|kaggen ( relations of )

|kaggen ( house of )

|kaggen ( arm feathers of )

|kaggen ( doings of )

|kaggen ( actions of )

|kaggen ( and the Ticks )

|kaggen ( wife of is |huntu !kat !katten )

|kaggen ( and the Ichneumon )

|kaggen ( quarrels of )

|kaggen ( fights of )

|kaggen ( fights on the hunting-ground )

|kaggen ( blood of )

|kaggen ( goes into water )

Porcupine ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

Porcupine ( and |kaggen )

Porcupine ( her father of is the monster ||khwai-hemm )

Ticks ( bushlice )

Ticks ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

Ticks ( actions of )

Ticks ( doings of )

Ticks ( fight with |kaggen )

Ticks ( steal )

Ticks ( house of )

Ticks ( are 'black' men )

Ticks ( beat |kaggen )

Ticks ( things of )

Ticks ( kraal of )

fight ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

fight ( between |kaggen and !goe !kweitentu )

fight ( |kaggen and the Ticks )

fight ( 'anger's fight' )

fight ( and the fights of |kaggen )

fight ( |kaggen's angry actions )

tinderbox ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

tinderbox ( owner of )

tinderbox ( the possessor of )

eye's warts ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

wart ( eye's warts )

wart ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

thinking strings ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

dreams ( |kaggen's )

dreams ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

Ichneumon ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

Ichneumon ( laughs at |kaggen )

Dassie ( |huntu !kat !katten )

Dassie ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

Dassie ( other names for )

Dassie ( is |kaggen's wife )

Cat ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

Cat ( appearance of )

Cat ( song of )

angry actions ( wisdom )

angry actions ( foolishness )

angry actions ( of the 'grown-up person' )

angry actions ( understanding )

angry actions ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

angry actions ( and the fights of |kaggen )

angry actions ( |kaggen's )

Lynx ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

!goe !kweitentu ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

!goe !kweitentu ( fights with |kaggen )

!goe !kweitentu ( |kaggen crosses its spoor )

Ostrich ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

Ostrich ( eggs of )

|kwammana ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

spectre ( -lion )

spectre ( ghost )

spectre ( apparition )

spectre ( seen by ||kabbo )

Early Race ( language of )

Early Race ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech and )

Early Race ( the First Bushmen )

Early Race ( a very old language of people who died before the First Bushmen lived and the |xam name for them )

song ( the Cat's )

song ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

spoor ( |kaggen crosses that of !goe !kweitentu )

spoor ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

understanding ( and |kaggen's angry actions )

understanding ( and the behaviour of the 'grown-up person' )

understanding ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

understanding ( about wisdom and foolishness )

ghost ( the lion-spectre )

ghost ( seen by ||kabbo )

||kabbo ( sees a spectre-lion )

||kabbo ( sees a ghost )

apparition ( the spectre-lion )

apparition ( seen by ||kabbo )

lion ( ||kabbo sees a spectre-lion )

lion ( its apparition )

lion ( ghost of )

language ( spoken by the First Bushmen )

language ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

language ( a very old one spoken by people who died before the First Bushmen lived and the |xam name for them )

speech ( a very old language of people who died before the First Bushmen lived and the |xam name for them )

speech ( the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

things ( of the Ticks )

things ( |kaggen's )

things ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

wife ( of |kaggen is Dassie )

wife ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

name ( a very old one spoken by people who died before the First Bushmen lived and the |xam name for them )

name ( Dassie's other )

name ( |kaggen's other )

water ( |kaggen goes into )

water ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

shoes ( |kaggen's )

shoes ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

feathers ( |kaggen's arm's )

feathers ( and the monster ||khwai-hemm's speech )

2161-2210, 2234-2247