The Mantis and the hunting of eland

The Mantis and the hunting of eland

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

What the |kaggen (Mantis) does to see whether the people respect the eland.

1) This story was told to Dia!kwain by both his grandfather (!xugen-ddi) and father (Xaa-ttin), 2) See also <i>Ssa ka Kumm</i> and <i> Further ceremonies in cutting up eland</i>, 3) This story is found in Book V-17

story

12 December 1875

Custom and daily life

|kaggen (the Mantis)

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