Butterflies and !giten

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

<i>Illness, for which the Doctor is called in, believed to be caused by butterflies. The narrator's personal experience of this. Bushman children not allowed to throw stones at butterflies. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-20. 7753-7752. rev. and 7753 rev.).</i> A <i>!gixa</i> (healer) 'snores' the afflicted person and draws the butterfly out, sneezing it out of his or her nostrils afterwards. A healer or 'doctoress' called |xu-an 'snored' lhan≠kass'o's ear and removed butterflies.

Comments

1) This story is found in Book VIII-20

Type

story

Date

17 October 1878 (started)

Category

Healing and ailing

History (personal)

Custom and daily life

Keyword

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