What the springbok and the gemsbok did when they knew that Dia!kwain's wife would die
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Title
What the springbok and the gemsbok did when they knew that Dia!kwain's wife would die
Collection
Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks
Contributor
Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)
Summary
<i>Death of the narrator's first wife, which was foretold by springbok and gemsbok. By Dia!kwãin (L V.-9. 4653-4688).</i> An account of what the springbok did when Dia!kwain's first wife (Mietje) died. Ssu-!kui-ten-tta points out that he had told Dia!kwain that the actions of the game foretold what was happening at home.
Comments
1) p.4652v: Dia!kwain's first wife was called Mietje; the names of her parents and where they lived, 2) p.4669v: about Dia!kwain's <i>maat</i> or friend Snore-White-Lying or 'Witbooy', who was taken to the Breakwater before Dia!kwain and died there, 3) p.4671v: the names of Snore-White-Lying's child and another old woman who brought up Dia!kwain's child after his wife died, 4) p.4673v: the |xam name for the hollow at the base of the throat, 5) p.4675v: the name of Dia!kwain's eldest daughter; Snore-White-Lying and his family all lived at their place, 6) p.4678v: Dia!kwain doesn't know how to feed the baby, so asks Snore-White-Lying for advice, 7) p.4683v: the age of Dia!kwain's child when his wife died; about Dia!kwain's niece and the burial of his wife, 8) See also <i>The explanation of the name Ssu-!kui-ten-tta (or Snore-White-Lying)</i>, 9) This story is found in Book V-9
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