Notebooks
Story: The story of the Kwa-kkwara
Title
The story of the Kwa-kkwara
Collection
Summary
The Knorhaan (Brandkop) who married his sister. Told to Dia!kwãin by his mother (L V.-5. 4292-4320). Apparently a version of the fable imbedded in the Anteater’s Laws. The Kwa-kkwara (or Koran Brandkop) pretends to be a child and cries and hides his 'grown-up things'. A girl carries him about and he sleeps with her. The girl's mother tells the girl's older brother who puts the Kwa-kkwara's head into the fire. Kwa-kkwara screams ('||kha! ||kha!') and darts out of the fire, revealing himself to be a grown-up man.
Comments
1) This story was told to Dia!kwain by his mother (≠kamme-an), 2) This story contains a rare reference to sex in the Lloyd notebooks, 3) The bird in the story's Dutch name is Koran Brandkop, 4) p.4293v: some |xam words for relations, 5) See also The Korhaan marries his elder sister (the Anteater's laws) (||kabbo's version 2) and The song of the Kwa-Kkwara, or korhaan malkop and The kwa-kkwara, or korhaan malkop, 4) This story is found in Book V-5
Contributors
Date
March 1875
Categories
Keywords
korhaan (the story of the Kwa-kkwara) , korhaan (knorhaan) , korhaan ('the Knorhaan who married his sister') , korhaan (in the Anteater’s Laws) , korhaan (is cunning) , korhaan (its call) , korhaan (or Koran Brandkop) , korhaan (name of) , korhaan (story of) , korhaan (accounting for its appearance) , korhaan (its head is burnt in fire) , korhaan (marries a girl) , korhaan (deceives) , korhaan (impregnates a girl) , korhaan ('lies with' a girl) , korhaan (pretends to be a child and hides his grown-up things) , korhaan (is burnt by girl's elder brother) , intercourse (the Kwa-kkwara lies with and 'marries' a girl) , intercourse (the story of the Kwa-kkwara) , animal (accounting for the appearance of the korhaan) , fire (accounting for the appearance of the korhaan) , fire (the story of the Kwa-kkwara) , fire (Kwa-kkwara's head is burnt in fire by the girl's elder brother) , child (Kwa-kkwara pretends to be a child and hides his grown-up things) , child (Kwa-kkwara marries a girl) , child (the story of the Kwa-kkwara) , marriage (and impregnation) , marriage (and intercourse) , marriage (Kwa-kkwara marries a girl) , marriage (the story of the Kwa-kkwara) , marriage ('the Knorhaan who married his sister') , girl (the story of the Kwa-kkwara) , girl (the Kwa-kkwara lies with and marries a girl) , girl ('the Knorhaan who married his sister') , Anteater’s Laws (the story of the Kwa-kkwara) , Anteater’s Laws ('the Knorhaan who married his sister')
Story Pages
4292-4320
