The hartebeest resembles the Mantis

The hartebeest resembles the Mantis

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

The hartebeest's head resembles that of |kaggen (the Mantis), so it feels itself to be 'Mantis's thing'. <i>Some remarkable superstitions concerning the Hartebeest, whose head is said to resemble that of the Mantis; and also a curious charm made from the foot of the Hartebeest, and used by Bushman women for their children as a protection against the Mantis (L V.-6. 4414 rev.-4418 rev.).</i>

1) See <i>The hartebeest and the eland belong to the Mantis </i>and<i> More about the hartebeest </i>and<i> A mother's prohibitions with regard to the hartebeest and her child </i>and<i> The Mantis turned into a hartebeest</i>, 2) This story is found in Book V-6

story

19 March 1875

|kaggen (the Mantis)

hartebeest ( resembles |kaggen )

hartebeest ( is |kaggen's thing )

hartebeest ( its head resembles |kaggen's )

hartebeest ( |xam beliefs regarding )

|kaggen ( the Mantis )

|kaggen ( and the hartebeest )

|kaggen ( the hartebeest resembles )

|kaggen ( the hartebeest is his thing )

|kaggen ( his things )

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