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Story: Respect for the mantis
Title
Respect for the mantis
Collection
Summary
The people in Tamme's country respect the mantis (||gan-a) and do not eat it. A person who eats the mantis dies.
Comments
1) This story is found in Book XI & XII-9
Contributors
Date
22 March 1880
Categories
Keywords
mantis (respect for) , mantis (Tamme's people respect it) , mantis (or ||gan-a) , mantis (is not eaten) , mantis (customs relating to) , mantis (eating it results in death) , mantis (a prohibition against eating it) , mantis (!kun name of) , food (avoidances) , food (the eating of the mantis is forbidden) , food (eating the mantis causes death) , death (eating the mantis results in) , !kun (people in Tamme's country respect the mantis and do not eat it) , country (people in Tamme's respect the mantis and do not eat it) , name (!kun, for the mantis) , name (the mantis is called ||gan-a) , respect (of Tamme's people for the mantis)
Story Pages
9674
