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Story: An ignorant man digs up Ssho |oa and the consequences of his actions
Title
An ignorant man digs up Ssho |oa and the consequences of his actions
Collection
Summary
An ignorant man having gone to dig up Shó-!õä, is discovered speechless and motionless, sitting among serpents, by the hole where he had been digging. By a skilful application of Shó-!õä, the snakes are driven away, taking with them the scent which had injured the man, but leaving the other scent with the plant in the hole. The man is (also by Shó-|õä) restored to speech and motion (L. II.-36. 3287-3332). The scent of the Ssho |oa plant is then taken away by snakes (which go into the hole that the Ssho |oa was dug out of). The notes accompanying this story describe other things relating to Ssho |oa, such as the Ssho |oa snake. The people never kill Ssho |oa snakes. ||kabbo was told not to dig for Ssho |oa because he didn't have the neccessary marks.
Comments
1) Note on the inside of the cover of Book II-36: pp.3242-3332 were translated in September 1873, but Lloyd 'Began to enter from p.3261 Aug. 1st 1911.', 2) p.3290v: ||kabbo uses the term 'nephew' in the story, but he means friend, 3) pp.3296v & 3297v: see On women's hunting or '|kua', 4) pp.3309v & 3310v: the |ki ||en live on the colonial side of the Orange River (who speak |xam and Koranna) and have the marks of a 'ssho |o a's man', (called |nu ka |a |a), 5) See also About Ssho |oa: where to be found and How women fear the new Ssho |oa which has just been brought home and The consequences of a woman's smelling fresh Ssho |oa scent and Ssho |oa and What the man does and says to the new Ssho |oa so that it may know him, 6) This story is found in Book II-36
Contributors
Date
24 September 1873 (started)
Categories
Custom and daily life, Plants and animals, Healing and ailing
Keywords
Ssho |oa (or Sho-|oa) , Ssho |oa (an ignorant man digs up Ssho |oa) , Ssho |oa (plant) , Ssho |oa (the working of) , Ssho |oa (the burning of) , Ssho |oa (its hole) , Ssho |oa (the consequences of smelling its scent) , Ssho |oa (its scent) , Ssho |oa (smoke of) , Ssho |oa (restores or heals) , Ssho |oa (medicinal uses) , Ssho |oa (its effects on or in different parts of body) , Ssho |oa (and scarification or cutting rituals) , Ssho |oa (the burning of) , Ssho |oa (knowing its scent) , Ssho |oa (and a man's scent) , Ssho |oa (actions performed while digging for) , Ssho |oa (and saliva) , Ssho |oa (band) , Ssho |oa (kills) , Ssho |oa (when angry) , Ssho |oa (the Ssho |oa's man) , Ssho |oa (and a foolish man) , Ssho |oa (and an ignorant man) , Ssho |oa (and snakes) , snakes (and an ignorant man who digs up Ssho |oa) , snakes (take away scent of Ssho |oa) , snakes (and a foolish or ignorant man) , snakes (and scent of Ssho |oa) , snakes (found near Ssho |oa's hole) , snakes (and the ignorant man who digs up Ssho |oa) , snakes (method of driving them away) , snakes (the people never kill Ssho |oa snakes) , man (an ignorant man digs up Ssho |oa and the consequences of his actions) , man (Ssho |oa's man) , ignorant man (digs up Ssho |oa and the consequences of his actions) , ignorant man (or novice) , ignorant man (his wife and Ssho |oa) , ignorant man (must work Ssho |oa on his wife) , ignorant man (the ill effects of Ssho |oa on) , ignorant man (the cutting of) , ignorant man (is paralysed) , ignorant man (how people heal him with Ssho |o a) , ignorant man (does not know Ssho |oa's language; does not understand) , ignorant man (Ssho |oa does not know him) , ignorant man (was not a Ssho |oa 's man) , ignorant man (and snakes) , Ssho |oa's man (and the ignorant man who digs up Ssho |oa) , Ssho |oa's man (is wise) , Ssho |oa's man (must teach digging) , Ssho |oa's man (heals ignorant man) , Ssho |oa's man (restores to life) , Ssho |oa's man (can dig safely) , Ssho |oa's, healing (with Ssho |oa) , healing (by Ssho |oa's man) , healing (by cutting) , healing (rituals performed using Ssho |oa) , healing (of the ignorant man who digs up Ssho |oa and becomes paralysed) , scarification (and cutting) , scarification (and Ssho |oa) , scarification (and digging for Ssho |oa) , scarification (and the ignorant man who digs up Ssho |oa) , scarification (||kabbo didn't have the neccessary marks) , scarification (the marks of a Ssho |oa's man) , plant (Ssho |oa) , plant (an ignorant man digs up Ssho |oa and the consequences of his actions) , digging (by a Ssho |oa's man) , digging (Ssho |oa's-digging) , digging (and the ignorant man who digs up Ssho |oa) , digging (teaching of) , digging (ways of) , digging (safe) , digging (actions while) , education (digging for Ssho |oa taught by a Ssho |oa 's man) , education (understanding Ssho |oa's language) , cutting (and digging for Ssho |oa) , cutting (and the ignorant man who digs up Ssho |oa) , cutting (||kabbo didn't have the neccessary marks) , cutting (the marks of a Ssho |oa's man) , language (and an ignorant man digs up Ssho |oa) , language (understanding Ssho |oa's language)
Story Pages
3287-3332
