The Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken
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Title
The Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken
Collection
Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks
Contributor
Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)
Summary
<i>An old sorceress (a relative who befriended the narrator's family), her power of turning herself into a lioness, her pet springbok, etc. By Dia!kwãin (L V.-10. 4707-4743).</i> Dia!kwain's aunt, the sorceress Ttanno !khauken, changes herself into a lioness to see what her people are doing and to take care of them. Dia!kwain's father kills her short-horned springbok, but she is not angry even though it is not a food springbok, but a tame one (it was her 'heart's springbok').
Comments
1) pp.4707 opp-p.4710v, p.4712v-p.4714v: see <i>A great Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken who did not understand Dutch</i>, 2) pp.4716v-4718v: see <i>About Dia!kwain's relations</i>, 3) p.4739v: Dia!kwain's mother will 'see more' (springbok) after putting on Ttanno !khauken's old cap, 4) p.4741v: Dia!kwain's mother is said to have no 'flocks', but the narrator means cattle rather than sheep, 5) This story is found in Book V-10
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