The names of animals

The names of animals

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Names given to animals by the |xam, including notes on who uses them (men or women, children and so on). This includes the anteater (its other name), the springbok, the ostrich, the eland (called 'meat' by men), and the hartebeest. This story also includes information about a man whom |han≠kass'o knew, who possessed 'leanness' (or <i>kko in</i>).

1) This story is found in Book VIII-27

story

April/May 1879

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

naming (of animals), names (given to animals), names (who can use them), names (prohibitions regarding the saying of), names (used by men and women), names (the 'other' names given to animals), animals (their different names), animals (the names used by different members of the group), animals (the giving and uttering of their names), animals (the 'other' names given to anteater, springbok, ostrich, eland, hartebeest), personal history (about a man whom |han≠kass'o knew, who possessed 'leanness' or kko in), |han≠kass'o (about a man he knew, who possessed 'leanness' or kko in), anteater (its other name), springbok (its other name), ostrich (its other name), eland (called 'meat' by men), eland (its other name), hartebeest (its other name)

8432v, 8433 &amp; 8435