The Korhaan marries his elder sister (the Anteater's laws) (||kabbo's version 2)

The Korhaan marries his elder sister (the Anteater's laws) (||kabbo's version 2)

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

kabbo (Jantje) (II)

The Korhaan Malkop marries his elder sister, who carries him like a child to deceive others into thinking he is a child, even though he is her husband. The Korhaan knocks down the Steenbok (his brother-in-law), who plunges the 'child's' head into the fire to punish him. The Korhaan screams and flies up into the sky. The brother-in-law says that the Korhaan Malkop must always be marked by fire and must marry a female whose head is marked in the same manner. <i>In the discourse there is imbedded a fable about the knorhaan, relating to how its head was burnt in the fire; but this requires further explanation. (L II.-3. 406-416.) </i>

1) pp.406-415 'translated (with the help of David Hoesar) March 4th 1875', 2) The verso notes are all by Dia!kwain (given in March 1875), 3) p.405v: the korhaan is called the <i>Kwa-kkwara</i> in |xam and it has a black head; it is called the <i>Koran Brandkop</i> by the Dutch; this tale took place in a time when <i>Kwa-kkwara</i>s were people; a cut-out (dated 1875) regarding the robin redbreast, which Lloyd said 'recalled to her this tale' (of the Korhaan), 4) p.406v: the female Korhaan sits on top of the hole while the male is digging, 5) p.407v: a word meaning orphan; the younger brother-in-law featured in the story who had assumed the shape of a steenbok, 6) p.410v: the method of heating up rice (mentioned in the story) by placing heated stones among the grains on a mat, 7) p.412v: the Korhaan was formerly a man but was cursed to remain a Kwa-kkwara by his brother-in-law because of his evil doings, 8) p.413v: the Kwa-kkwara's misdeeds caused all kwa-kkwaras to be cursed and to bear the marks of fire on their heads, 9) See also <i>The story of the Kwa-kkwara</i> and <i>The song of the Kwa kwara, or Korhaan Malkop</i> and <i>The kwa kwara, or Korhaan Malkop</i>, 10) This story is found in Book II-3

story

August 1871

History (Early Race)

Anteater's laws ( accounting for appearance of Korhaan )

Anteater's laws ( and Korhaan burnt in fire )

Anteater's laws ( the Korhaan marries his elder sister )

animals ( marry own kind )

animals ( and Anteater's laws )

animals ( nature and habits of )

animals ( marriage of )

animals ( the Korhaan marries his elder sister )

marriage ( of animals )

marriage ( the Anteater's laws )

marriage ( the Korhaan marries his elder sister )

Early Race ( and Anteater's laws )

Early Race ( the Korhaan marries his elder sister )

transformation ( of people into animals )

transformation ( the Korhaan marries his elder sister )

transformation ( the Anteater's laws )

Korhaan ( Korhaan Malkop )

Korhaan ( knorhaan )

Korhaan ( and Anteater's laws )

Korhaan ( is cursed )

Korhaan ( is burnt in fire )

Korhaan ( accounting for its appearance )

Korhaan ( is a person )

Korhaan ( marries elder sister )

Korhaan ( must marry own kind )

Korhaan ( is carried like a child )

Korhaan ( marked by fire )

Korhaan ( punished by his brother-in-law )

Korhaan ( cursed by his brother-in-law the Steenbok )

Korhaan ( how its head was burnt in fire )

fire ( and the Korhaan who marries his elder sister )

fire ( Korhaan marked by )

Steenbok ( Korhaan's brother-in-law )

Steenbok ( punishes korhaan )

Steenbok ( marks korhaan's head in fire )

Steenbok ( and the Korhaan who marries his elder sister )

Steenbok ( and the Anteater's laws )

laws ( the Anteater's )

laws ( the korhaan must marry his own kind )

laws ( and the Korhaan who marries his elder sister )

406-416