|xue as tchaxa

|xue as tchaxa

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

Tamme (XII)

|xue becomes <i>tchaxa</i> (two of them). |xue's wife makes a hole in the smaller <i>tchaxa</i> and eats it (it is full of juice). |xue's wife makes a hole in the larger <i>tchaxa</i> but drops it because it is heavy. |xue falls out and his wife slaps |xue and scolds him, warning him that he will get killed in the form of one of these different things. He runs away to hide in a different place, where he becomes an elephant and vultures (<i>≠nue</i>) eat him. The father-in-law cuts at the elephant but the knife breaks, so the daughter fetches a larger knife to give to her father. [The ending is inconclusive.]

1) Lloyd notes in pencil on p.9348v that this story is 'probably' continued on p.9359, 2) Tamme heard this story from his paternal grandfather (Nakua or Nakka), 3) p.9358v: greetings in !kun (from !nanni and Tamme), 4) p.9360v: see <i>Bushman groups</i>, 5) p.9377v: Tamme's paternal grandfather saw |xue, 6) This story is found in Book XI &amp; XII-5

story

February - March 1880

Transformation

|xue ( is alive and he is a lion and covered in hair )

|xue ( Tamme's paternal grandfather saw him )

|xue ( as tchaxa )

|xue ( and his transformations )

|xue ( and his wife )

|xue ( and his father-in-law )

|xue ( becomes different things on different days )

|xue ( resembles many things )

|xue ( his doings )

|xue ( his wife eats him as tchaxa )

|xue ( his wife slaps him )

|xue ( his wife scolds him )

|xue ( becomes an elephant )

|xue ( dies and is eaten by vultures )

|xue ( his father-in-law's attempts to rescue him )

|xue ( runs away from his wife and father-in-law )

|xue ( his wife holds his mouth when he cries )

|xue ( he cries loudly )

transformation ( of |xue )

transformation ( |xue as tchaxa )

transformation ( |xue becomes different things on different days )

transformation ( |xue resembles many things )

plant ( tchaxa )

plant ( |xue as tchaxa )

plant ( name of )

tchaxa ( plant )

tchaxa ( |xue becomes two of them )

wife ( of |xue )

wife ( |xue as tchaxa )

father-in-law ( |xue's )

father-in-law ( |xue as tchaxa )

name ( !kun, of plant )

name ( !kun, of vulture )

name ( |xue as tchaxa )

vultures ( !kun name of )

vultures ( |xue in elephant-form eaten by )

vultures ( |xue as tchaxa )

elephant ( |xue as tchaxa )

elephant ( |xue eaten by vultures in form of )

elephant ( |xue becomes )

elephant ( |xue's father-in-law cuts )

lion ( |xue becomes )

lion ( |xue covered in its hair )

lion ( |xue as tchaxa )

9348v, 9359-9361, 9378