The Hyena's revenge

The Hyena's revenge

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The Lion, the Jackal, the Chersina angulata, and the Hyena. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-25. 8232-8251). </i>The Lion and the Jackal throw mud at each other and as a result the Lion sits blinded at the water. The |go |go'ken (<i>Chersina angulata, </i>or angulate tortoise) wipes his eyes clean and the Lion eats her, putting her head into his bag. |go |go'ken's husband, the Hyena, offers the Lion some soup and puts the pot over the Lion's head and kills him.

1) p.8231v: |han≠kass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an), 2) pp.8234v-8235v: see <i>An ostrich eggshell, if left open, will attract snakes</i>, 3) p.8235v: what the people call a lion and its movements, 4) p.8236v: the name of a woman; what is said when the white hair of the springbok is 'up'; on 'dipping up' water when it has rained, 5) p.8241v &amp; 8242v: sorrow and grief (what the |xam and white men say); the drinking of soup, 6) p.8247v: brave men and cowards, 7) p.8250v: a man Tsatsi (|han≠kass'o's maternal grandfather) told |han≠kass'o about, 8) This story is found in Book VIII-25

story

8 February 1879 (started)

History (Early Race)

teasing person ( and the Hyena's revenge )

teasing person ( what |xam call )

teasing person ( the Jackal is )

Jackal ( sings and throws mud quickly )

Jackal ( is a teasing person )

Jackal ( his mud fight with the Lion )

Jackal ( is a person of the Early Race )

Jackal ( and the Hyena's revenge )

Hyena ( kills the Lion using a cooking pot )

Hyena ( grieves and cries )

Hyena ( his revenge )

Hyena ( the Lion kills his wife Auru, the |go |go'ken or Tortoise )

Hyena ( is a person of the Early Race )

Hyena ( tricks the Lion )

Lion ( the Hyena puts his body in a tree )

Lion ( his 'eyes burning burst', killing him )

Lion ( is tricked by the Hyena )

Lion ( his mud fight with the Jackal )

Lion ( is blinded by mud )

Lion ( sings and throws mud slowly )

Lion ( is a person of the Early Race )

Lion ( and the Hyena's revenge )

Lion ( kills the Hyena's wife Auru, the |go |go'ken or Tortoise )

Lion ( puts the |go |go'ken's head in his bag )

Lion ( his head is burnt in the cooking pot )

Lion ( is killed by the Hyena )

revenge ( the Hyena's )

Tortoise ( the |go |go'ken or Chersina angulata, or angulate tortoise )

Tortoise ( the Lion kills and eats her )

Tortoise ( is the Hyena's wife )

Tortoise ( her name is Auru )

Tortoise ( her head is placed in the Lion's bag: 'like darkness, at the mouth of the bag' )

Tortoise ( is a person of the Early Race )

grief ( |xam terms for )

grief ( the |xam say 'in sorrow' )

grief ( what white men call )

grief ( felt by the Hyena )

grief ( and the Hyena's revenge )

darkness ( what |xam say about )

darkness ( 'is not a little black' )

darkness ( the |go |go'ken or Tortoise's head in the bag which resembles )

darkness ( and the Hyena's revenge )

pot ( the cooking pot put by Hyena on the Lion's head )

pot ( and the Hyena's revenge )

pot ( and the death of the Lion )

pot ( and the drinking of soup )

soup ( methods of drinking )

soup ( and the use of a cooking pot )

soup ( and the Hyena's revenge )

Early Race ( or the First Bushmen )

Early Race ( the Lion, the Jackal, the Tortoise and the Hyena are people of )

Early Race ( and the Hyena's revenge )

name ( of the Tortoise, the Hyena's wife )

name ( and the Hyena's revenge )

name ( the |go |go'ken or Chersina angulata, or angulate tortoise )

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