The !gixa (sorcerer) |kaunu

The !gixa (sorcerer) |kaunu

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The Rain-maker and Sorcerer, /kaùnu. (L VIII.-31. 8759-8762, 8743 rev., 8748 rev.). </i>The <i>!gixa</i> (sorcerer) called |kaunu was an old 'Mountain Bushman' and was killed by his grandson, !kauken-ta-|a, with an arrow.

1) p.8758v: translated (by Lloyd) on the 5 May 1882, 2) p.8761v: |xam names for seasons, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-31

story

21 (started on or about) - 22 August 1879

Custom and daily life

History (personal)

The Rain and Rain's water

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8743v &amp; 8748v, 8759-8762