A fragment of an account of a ceremony performed by Bushman maidens in order that their father's dogs should hunt well

A fragment of an account of a ceremony performed by Bushman maidens in order that their father's dogs should hunt well

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>A fragment, regarding the ceremony to be performed by the maiden, was also given by Díä!kwãin (L V.-20. 5592 and 5593, translated, and 5591 rev., note).</i> An account of the ceremony performed by a new maiden with her father's hunting dogs to protect them and help them hunt well.

1) p.5591v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his mother and father (≠kamme-an and Xaa-ttin), 2) See also <i>The young man who was changed into stone, by the glance of a new maiden</i>, 3) This story is found in Book V-20

story

13 - 15 December 1875

New maidens

Custom and daily life

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