Sorcerers shoot with invisible arrows, causing illness

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

Sorcerers shoot with invisible arrows, causing illness. The sick man. The aid of the old women to be sought. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-14. 7287 and 7288; 15. 7289-7295). The wounded person feels pain and weariness. The old women 'snore' sick people and remove what ails them. Once 'snored' the person will again feel comfortable.

Comments

1) |han≠kass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an), 2) p.7293v: what the 'Bushman doctors' say when 'snoring' out the invisible arrow (it has made a bruise), 3) See also Springbok possess magic arrows and Sorcerers are like lions and What sorcerers eat and When a good-looking person is ill, 4) This story is found in Books VIII-14 and VIII-15

Type

story

Date

12 August 1878

Category

Custom and daily life

Healing and ailing

Keyword

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