Men who hunted lions with bones

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

Two brothers succesfully hunt Lions with bones, until the younger brother goes out hunting alone and is killed. The elder brother waits at home for his younger brother and the Lions come and kill him.

Comments

1) See also Further details of 'Men who hunted lions with bones', 2) |han≠kass'o heard this story from his maternal grandmother (≠kammi), 3) p.7551v: the names of edible plants and where they are found, including the |xam name for gum arabic, 4) p.7552v: (13 October 1878) the names of edible plants found in Bushmanland (found near water), 5) pp.7553v-7554v: see Edible plants found near water, 6) This story is found in Book VIII-18

Type

story

Date

23 (started) - 24 September 1878 (story finished)

Category

History (Early Race)

Keyword

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