The story of |gwai (who killed his sister-in-law, and was killed by his brother-in-law)

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

|gwai (a person who was formerly a beast of prey and a man of the Early Race) kills his sister-in-law and his brother-in-law is angry with him and seeks revenge (the title implies that |gwai is caught and killed but it does not happen in the story).

Comments

1) p.8197v: |han≠kass'o heard this story from his maternal grandmother (≠kammi), 2) See also <i>The Ttu ttutten (birds)</i>, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-25

Type

story

Date

29 January & 2 February - 5 February 1879

Category

History (Early Race)

Keyword

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