The death of the !kau (a lizard of the genus Agama)

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

A story of the !khau (the Kochelman, or Agama lizard) in the Early Times when animals were people (7206opp). As he passes through the mountains, they squeeze and break him. The front of his body falls off and becomes !guru |na and his back falls of and becomes |xe-!khwai.

Comments

1) p.7206opp: |han≠kass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an), 2) pp.7206opp & 7207v-7208v:<i> see How |han≠kass'o's pet leveret was killed, 3) See also The !kau who brought home his own flesh as food</i> and <i>Remarks by |han≠kass'o on the preceding story (The death of the !kau)</i>, 4) This story is found in Book VIII-14

Type

story

Date

8 July 1878 (started)

Category

History (Early Race)

Keyword

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