The !gwiten who was niggardly to his wife

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Title

The !gwiten who was niggardly to his wife

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

The Wild Dog (or <i>!gwiten</i>) is stingy ('niggardly') to his wife (when they were people of the Early Race). He gives his wife the lean male pig, but takes the fat sow for himself, and she becomes thinner and thinner. She makes soup for her brothers, using the lean meat and not the fat. The Wild Dog tells his wife she must cook the sow's meat for them, because her brothers are not used to eating what she is making for them. The wife refuses.

Comments

1) p.8215v: |han≠kass'o heard this story from his maternal grandmother (≠kammi), 2) p.8230v: see <i>The !k'anni is an ornament worn by men and women</i>, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-25

Type

story

Date

7 February 1879 (story given on or about)

Category

History (Early Race)

Story Pages

8216-8231

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