Woman transformed into a lion

Woman transformed into a lion

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

a!kunta (Stoffel) (I)

The Hottentot legend of a Bushman woman who transformed herself into a lion, as told by Sir. J. Alexander, was translated, through the medium of the Dutch, by /a!kúnta. (B I. 161-167)- We have also a second version of this translation. (LI. -1. 114-118.) <i>An account of a woman's transformation into a lion and her return to human form. Her Koranna companion wishes her to hunt for meat for them both but is frightened when she assumes a lion's form and hides up a tree. The woman takes off the lion's skin and becomes a woman again, returning to her child. (Page 160 contains words and sentences)</i>

1) This story is found in Book I

story

1870

Transformation

woman ( who hunts the quagga in a lion's form )

woman ( and the Koranna )

woman ( has a lion's skin )

woman ( her 'skin petticoat' )

woman ( transformed into a lion )

woman ( who becomes a lion )

lion ( assuming the form of a )

lion ( woman with the skin of a )

lion ( woman transformed into a )

Koranna ( and the woman transformed into a lion )

transformation ( of a woman who becomes a lion )

transformation ( of a woman with a lion's skin )

skin ( 'petticoat' )

skin ( woman who has a lion's )

skin ( of the woman transformed into a lion )

dress ( the skin 'petticoat' of the woman who becomes a lion )

160-167