<i>An account of the doings of a family of lions (apparently a continuation of one of the Ichneumon's speeches, in the myth of the Mantis) gives a good deal of conversation of such a description as might naturally be ascribed by Bushmen to lions (L II-10. 1051-1099, 11. 1100-1170). </i>The verso pages give further details on how the lion steals up on the people and how they chase the lions away with heated embers.
Comments
1) p.1054v: animals eaten by the lion, 2) p.1058v: the lion and its movements according to the position of the sun, 3) p.1060v: a diagram, showing where the lion waits (near the man's house) for the sun to set and the fires to go out, 4) p.1063v: people throw embers at the lion using a disk of ostrich heart bone, 5) p.1075v: |xam names and terms for lookouts for hunting game, 6) p.1077v: |xam and Dutch names for dense green bushes found in Bushmanland, 7) See also <i>The doings of a family of lions</i>, 8) This story is found in Book II-10
Type
story
Date
10 January 1872 (started on or about)
Category
Plants and animals
Custom and daily life
Keyword
lion ( its nature and habits )
lion ( eats all things )
lion ( its diet )
lion ( its hunting methods )
lion ( eats people )
lion ( steals up on people )
lion ( is cunning )
lion ( methods of chasing away )
lion ( chasing with heated embers )
lion ( Ichneumon's speech about )
plants ( names of )
plants ( sai bush )
plants ( !kwai bush )
river ( the Har )
|xam ( and lions )
hunting ( methods of lions which eat all things )
names ( of plants )
names ( of a river )
names ( of food eaten by lions )
Ichneumon ( his speech about lions which eat all things )
speech ( Ichneumon's, about lions which eat all things )
Contributions