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Story: |xue as ostrich and other things
Title
|xue as ostrich and other things
Collection
Summary
|xue becomes an ostrich and goes into a rock. He becomes an owl and dies and flies eat him. |xue's wife carries him to her house. She fetches a large pot and puts him in the pot, pours water on him and builds a great fire, intending to cook him. |xue cries because he is afraid of the fire and his wife asks if it is her husband who cries. |xue's wife breaks the pot and |xue says 'I say |xue', revealing himself. |xue's wife cries.
Comments
1) !nanni heard this from his paternal grandfather (Karu), 2) This story is found in Book XI & XII-5
Contributors
Date
March 1880
Categories
Keywords
|xue (dies and is eaten by flies) , |xue (his heart aches) , |xue (curses his wife) , |xue (fears his wife) , |xue (cries when his wife leaves for another country) , |xue (his wife tries to cook him) , |xue (as an ostrich and other things) , |xue (his transformations) , |xue (and his wife) , |xue (becomes different things on different days) , |xue (resembles many things) , |xue (his actions and doings) , |xue (runs away from his wife) , |xue (cries) , |xue (his wife searches for him) , |xue (becomes an ostrich, a little goru, a large owl, and a locust or !gau) , |xue (his wife puts him in a pot) , |xue (he fears the fire) , |xue (he swells up) , |xue (transforms at sunrise and sunset) , |xue (becomes |xue at sunset and lies down) , curse (used by the !kun) , curse ('May a lion take thee!') , curse (|xue as ostrich and other things) , transformation (of |xue) , transformation (|xue as ostrich and other things) , transformation (|xue becomes different things on different days) , transformation (|xue resembles many things) , transformation (|xue becomes an ostrich, a little goru, a large owl, and a locust or !gau) , lion (and !kun curse) , lion ('May a lion take thee!') , heart (|xue's aches) , heart (|xue as ostrich and other things) , death (|xue dies and is eaten by flies) , death (|xue as ostrich and other things) , wife (of |xue) , wife (|xue as ostrich and other things) , pot (|xue's wife puts him in) , pot (|xue as ostrich and other things) , ostrich (|xue becomes, and other things) , names (!kun, of things that |xue becomes) , fire (|xue fears) , fire (|xue as ostrich and other things)
Story Pages
9349v-9353v
