The lion's dream

The lion's dream

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>A full-grown Bushman, whom the narrator knew, punished by a lion for having eaten forbidden portions of the lion's prey, as a child. Told by Día!kwãin.(L V.-8. 4574-4617 1/2, 9. 4618, with notes upon 4616 rev. and 4617 rev.). </i>An account of how a lion dreams and how it has the ability to make things obey their will (they 'work things').

1) See also <i>The avoidance of the name of the lion </i>and<i> What the lion did to Xwerri-kau; and what parts of game should not be eaten by little children</i>, 2) This story is found in Book V-8

story

April 1875

Plants and animals

Portention

lion (its dream), lion (it 'works things'), lion (is a beast of prey), lion (dreams), lion (its feelings), lion (its premonitions), lion (its nature and habits), lion (lions dream and have premonitions), lion (can make things obey its will), lion ('works' things), dream (of the lion), dream (and premonition), dream (lions dream and have premonitions), premonition (and the lion's dream), premonition (lions dream and have premonitions), beast of prey (lion is), beast of prey (and the lion's dream)

4616v &amp; 4617v