|xue and the bam-bam, and as other things

|xue and the bam-bam, and as other things

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

!nanni (XI)

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Tamme (XII)

|xue is afraid of a large bam-bam bird and becomes (or makes) a leopard (!khumm). Woodpigeons, an owl, a korubo and some ||kuorres (small mouse-like animals with cat-like eyes and tail) all laugh at the leopard. The leopard stalks a number of animals and searches for the carcass of a bam-bam bird. At sunset the leopard becomes |xue again and lies down to eat shana. He walks to the water, which is far off. He drinks all the water and shoots a young |ou (a small buck, probably a steenbok), breaking its foreleg. When |xue tries to shoot again his bow breaks. |xue goes to sleep on the bare ground and then makes a new bow from a stick.

1) The latter pages of this story feature pencil translations, presumed to be by D. Bleek; 2) p.9758 opp: (16 December 1880) vocabulary and a description of the |no (a horned wild animal), 3) p.9758v: another name for the lion: 'our country's lion takes offence about his name (if it is mentioned)' - see also <i>The avoidance of the name of the lion </i>(Books V-7 and V-8) for a similar |xam belief; a description of the |hu'nishe, 4) p.9759v: (8 March 1881) a bird which tells the people how to find honey, 5) p.9760v: an interesting note about words for 'being afraid of a woman', 6) p.9763v: the !kun do not strike the lion but shoot it with an arrow, 7) a description of the ||kuo'rre and some of its habits, 8) p.9778v: (21 April 1881) Terms for bravery and timidity; the Makoba put five pieces of feather in their arrows whereas the !kun use three or four pieces, 9) pp.9783v-9785v: see <i>A note on ||kum'm or rain-clouds</i>, 10) p.9786v: 'we are those who refuse to be bound'; a description of evading and throwing others off one's scent, 11) p.9789v: (8 April 1881) see <i>A Bushman drum</i>, 12) p.9792v: (4 April 1881) see <i>Water and well</i>s, 13) 9798v: see <i>Treatment of the old</i>, 14) This story is found in Book XI &amp; XII-10

story

20 October 1880 (started)

Transformation

|xue ( and the bam-bam, and as other things )

|xue ( carries a leopard skin )

|xue ( fears the call of the bam-bam )

|xue ( searches )

|xue ( as a leopard, whistles )

|xue ( ||kuorres steal and eat his bam-bam )

|xue ( and black rain-clouds called ||kum'm )

|xue ( cries for water to drink )

|xue ( sings a song )

|xue ( sun burns him )

|xue ( and his things )

|xue ( his bow breaks )

|xue ( becomes a leopard, and |xue )

|xue ( and the bam-bam )

|xue ( he works, or makes, many things )

|xue ( cries )

|xue ( becomes different things on different days )

|xue ( resembles many things )

|xue ( his actions and doings )

|xue ( his transformations )

|xue ( changes at sunrise and sunset )

|xue ( sleeps without a fire )

|xue ( makes fire )

skin ( of leopard, |xue's )

skin ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

leopard ( skin, |xue's )

leopard ( |xue becomes one and whistles )

leopard ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

sun ( burns |xue )

sun ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

transformation ( of |xue )

transformation ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

transformation ( |xue works, or makes many things )

transformation ( |xue becomes different things )

transformation ( |xue's changes )

transformation ( |xue becomes a leopard, and |xue )

rain-clouds ( or ||kum'm )

rain-clouds ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

bird ( the bam-bam )

bird ( !kun name of )

bird ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

plants ( shana )

plants ( !kun name of )

plants ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

names ( !kun )

names ( of bird )

names ( of rain-clouds )

names ( of plant )

names ( of leopard )

names ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

bow ( |xue's breaks )

bow ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

buck ( called |ou )

buck ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

rain ( clouds called ||kum'm by the !kun )

rain ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

leopard ( called !khumm by the !kun )

leopard ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

song ( sung by |xue )

song ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

animals ( which laugh at |xue as a leopard )

animals ( |xue and the bam-bam, and as other things )

animals ( woodpigeons, an owl, a korubo and some ||kuorres laugh at the leopard )

9758-9772, 9777-9793, 9798-9799