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Story: The Maiya
Title
The Maiya
Collection
Summary
The !kun eat the Maiya raw when it is ripe. The unripe Maiya is put in the heated earth and then eaten. The odour of the skin (which is thrown away) makes dogs faint. There is an account of an incident in which a man becomes intoxicated and remains at his house and demands that the people beat his head (because the Maiya is 'killing' him).
Comments
1) p.9876v: !nanni heard this from his paternal grandfather (Karu) and observed it himself, 2) p.9881v: about fearing death: a man who has a cold heart fears death whereas a man whose heart burns is not afraid to die, 3) This story is found in Book XI & XII-11
Contributors
Date
30 June 1881
Categories
Keywords
plant (that intoxicates) , plant (that is edible) , plant (the !kun name of) , plant (called the Maiya) , plant (that is dangerous) , Maiya (plant) , Maiya (the husband who ate too much of it and became intoxicated) , Maiya (eating too much of it causes intoxication) , Maiya (the dangers of eating) , Maiya (and the treatment of intoxication) , Maiya (the behaviour of intoxicated men and women) , Maiya ('kills' people) , Maiya (intoxicated women leave for another country and are killed there) , Maiya (can be eaten as food) , Maiya (is eaten raw) , Maiya (the preparation and cooking of) , Maiya (when ripe and unripe) , Maiya (the parts that are eaten) , Maiya (makes dogs faint, or die) , Maiya (the smell or odour) , Maiya (the skins smell and are not eaten) , Maiya (the flesh is eaten) , dogs (the odour of the Maiya plant makes them faint) , dogs (how they are revived) , country (intoxicated women leave for another, and are killed there) , country (and the Maiya) , food (eating the Maiya plant) , food (eating too much of the Maiya causes intoxication) , food (parts of the Maiya that are eaten) , food (cooking the Maiya) , women (intoxicated by the Maiya plant leave for another country and are killed there) , women (and eating the Maiya plant) , illness (and the Maiya plant) , illness (and the treatment of intoxication from eating too much of the Maiya) , healing (and the Maiya plant) , healing (and the treatment of intoxication from eating too much of the Maiya) , curing (and the Maiya plant) , curing (and the treatment of intoxication from eating too much of the Maiya) , intoxication (from eating too much of the Maiya plant) , men (behaviour of intoxicated, from eating too much of the Maiya) , men (and the Maiya plant) , men (the husband who ate too much of the Maiya) , death (and illness from eating too much of the Maiya plant) , death (the Maiya 'kills' people) , death (women intoxicated by the Maiya leave for another country and are killed there)
Story Pages
9877-9883
