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Story: The children taught to use another name for the lion
Title
The children taught to use another name for 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). Children must never disrespect the lion or 'play with its name', or it will remember and teach them a lesson when they are adults on the hunting-ground.
Comments
1) p.4564v: grown-ups may say the lion's name, 2) p.4567v: the lion shows children (when they are grown-up) what it is like to be a plaything (as when they played with its name) by being his 'plaything' on the hunting-ground, 3) p.4572v: Xwerri-kau played with the lion's name as a child, 4) See also What the lion did to Xwerri-kau and The avoidance of the name of the lion, 5) This story is found in Book V-8
Contributors
Date
9 April 1875 (started)
Categories
Custom and daily life, Plants and animals
Keywords
lion (children taught to use another name) , lion (a warning about) , lion (teachings about) , lion (disrespecting or playing with its name) , lion (respect for its name) , lion (and Xwerri-kau's story) , lion (avoidance behaviour relating to the saying of its name) , lion (prohibitions regarding) , lion (its other name is Hair) , lion (children call it Hair) , lion (who can say its name) , lion (waits till children grow up) , lion (its revenge on the hunting-ground) , lion (respect for) , lion (flies tell him things) , lion (and flies) , lion (children must respect his name) , lion (remembers what children do) , teaching (about the lion) , teaching (children are warned to respect lion's name) , education (children taught to use another name for the lion) , education (of children about lions) , children (taught to use another name for the lion) , children (and playing with or disrespecting the lion's name) , children (who disrespect the lion and what happens when they are adults) , children (are cautioned about respecting the lion's name) , children (call the lion Hair) , children (and the lion's revenge on the hunting-ground) , name (respecting the lion's) , name (avoiding saying the lion's) , name (consequences of playing with the lion's) , name (children call the lion Hair) , name (children taught to use another name for the lion) , hair (children call the lion Hair) , hair (children taught to use another name for the lion) , respect (children taught to use another name for the lion) , respect (for the lion's name) , fly (flies tell the lion things) , fly (tells the lion when its name is spoken) , fly (and children taught to use another name for the lion) , revenge (of the lion on the hunting ground) , revenge (and children taught to use another name for the lion)
Story Pages
4563-4573
