Crows and a note on secretary birds

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

Another version of the story of the Crow Messengers appears, here, in connexion with the adventure related above [The Mantis and |kwammana visit the Dassie's house]; /kwámmana and his companion being, in this instance, those who were found by the successful bird (Corvus scapulatus). (L VIII.-2. 6147-6157). How a crow will indicate the place of the springbok and how a child must look for it when grandfather has gone out hunting. Why the neck-feathers are white.

Comments

1) Date on p.6162: 2 February, 2) p.6145v: accounting for the naming of the crow 'carry feathers', 3) see also The Crow's story: the Crows are sent out to search for husbands or The !kagen ka Kkomm's story and the |hunn ta kkomm's story and The sending of the Crows or Crows sent out to look for husbands, 4) This story is found in Book VIII-2

Type

story

Date

30 January - 2 February 1878

Category

History (Early Race)

Portention

Custom and daily life

Keyword

birds (crows and secretary birds), birds (names of different crows), Crow (messengers), Crow (that seeks |kwammana), Crow (its breast), Crow (called the !kagen), Crow (Corvus scapulatus), Crow (finds |kwammana), Crow (that eats fat), Crow (with fat around its neck), Crow (crows know where and show people where springboks lie), Crow (the nature and habits of crows), Crow (and secretary birds), Crow (the names of), Crow (accounting for the appearance of a crow), Crow (why its neck-feathers are white), Crow (that have a piece of 'white fat' at their neck), Crow (a description of), |kwammana (is found by the Crows), |kwammana (crows and secretary birds), names (of different crows), names (crows and secretary birds), springboks (crows know where and show where they lie when dead), springboks (crows and secretary birds), hunting (crows know where and show people where dead springboks lie), hunting (crows and secretary birds), fat (around the neck of the !kagen Crow), fat (why the crow's neck-feathers are white), fat (crows and secretary birds)