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Story: The avoidance of the name of the lion
Title
The avoidance of the name of the lion
Collection
Summary
The name of the Lion not to be spoken by children. In the Katkop dialect, by Día!kwãin, from ≠kámme-an (L V.-7. 4526 and 4526, 8. 4527-4562). Another version of this warning (L V.-8. 4563-4573). The |xam avoid saying the lion's name so the flies cannot hear and report to the lion what they say; some of the lion's habits when killing game; what people must do when stealing game from a lion; they make signs or hand gestures to signify the lion instead of saying its name.
Comments
1) p.4525v: this story was 'taught' to Dia!kwain by his mother (≠kamme-an), 2) p.4531v: a description of the hand gesture used to signify the lion (Dia!kwain made the gesture by way of illustration), 3) p.4544v: a note on a story told by a Mr Schreuder, 4), p.4558v: the lion is cunning; Dia!kwain's mother told him to cut quickly then leave the lion's 'killing place', 5) See also The children taught to use another name for the lion, 6) This story is found in Books V-7 and V-8
Contributors
Date
5 April 1875 (started)
Categories
Custom and daily life, Plants and animals
Keywords
lion (avoidance of its name) , lion (prohibitions relating to) , lion (avoidances regarding lions) , lion (is cunning) , lion (its nature and habits) , lion (its killing place) , lion (methods of taking its prey) , lion (stealing game from) , lion (puts game in trees) , lion (saying, 'playing with' or disrespecting its name) , lion (knows what people are saying) , lion (dreams) , lion (acts like a man) , lion (what it does with its prey) , lion (teachings about) , lion (is nocturnal) , lion (frightens people at night) , lion (its spoor) , lion (what children do when they see its spoor) , lion (signs that mean 'lion') , lion (seeing its spoor and making hand gestures) , lion (avoiding saying its name) , lion (playing with its name) , lion (gets angry) , lion (is a beast of prey) , lion (respect for) , lion (and the fly) , lion (flies tell it things) , fly (avoidance of the name of the lion) , fly (listens to people) , fly (spies for the lion) , fly (flies into lion's ear) , fly (and avoidance of saying the lion's name) , fly (hears people say the lion's name) , fly (startles lion awake) , teaching (children about avoiding the lion's name) , education (of children about avoiding the lion's name) , name (avoiding the lion's) , name (respecting) , name (disrespecting and playing with the lion's) , name (fly hears people say the lion's name) , respect (for the lion and its name) , respect (avoidance of the name of the lion) , children (and avoidance of the name of the lion) , children (education of) , children (what they do when they see a lion's spoor) , beast of prey (avoidance of the name of the lion) , beast of prey (respecting) , dream (of the lion) , dream (and avoidance of the name of the lion) , gestures (with the hand performed when indicating lions) , gestures (and avoidance of the name of the lion) , signals (hand gestures performed when indicating lions) , signals (and avoidance of the name of the lion)
Story Pages
4526-4526 1/2, 4527-4562
