!ga ka Kkumm. The Frog's story (Or, The Frog, the Blue Crane, the Beetle, and !kuommain |ka ||kau) (Part I)

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Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

<i>The Frog, the Blue Crane, the Frog's husband, and the Beetle. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-32. 8812-8820). </i>A tale of the Early Race in which the Frog (!ga) marries !kuommain |ka ||kau, but is embarrassed to relieve herself in front of him. Her body swells up and the Blue Crane makes a hole which the Frog vomits into. !kuommain |ka ||kau returns home and asks where the child is (his swollen wife had appeared as if pregnant). !kuommain |ka ||kau jumps up and runs away.

Comments

1) This is part 1 of the Blue Crane's story, 2) p.8811v: |han≠kass'o heard this from his maternal grandmother (≠kammi); he says it should precede the Blue Crane's story, 3) p.8814v: |han≠kass'o's comments about the Beetle who resembles |kaggen, 4) See also<i> How the Blue Crane vainly sought for !kuommain |ka ||kau, was killed and eaten by the Lions, and restored to life by means of one of the bones of the Mantis </i>(Part 2) 5) This story is found in Book VIII-32

Type

story

Date

17 - 18 November 1879

Category

|kaggen (the Mantis)

Keyword

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