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Story: What the springbok and the gemsbok did when they knew that Dia!kwain's wife would die
Title
What the springbok and the gemsbok did when they knew that Dia!kwain's wife would die
Collection
Summary
Death of the narrator’s first wife, which was foretold by springbok and gemsbok. By Dia!kwãin (L V.-9. 4653-4688). An account of what the springbok did when Dia!kwain's first wife (Mietje) died. Ssu-!kui-ten-tta points out that he had told Dia!kwain that the actions of the game foretold what was happening at home.
Comments
1) p.4652v: Dia!kwain's first wife was called Mietje; the names of her parents and where they lived, 2) p.4669v: about Dia!kwain's maat or friend Snore-White-Lying or 'Witbooy', who was taken to the Breakwater before Dia!kwain and died there, 3) p.4671v: the names of Snore-White-Lying's child and another old woman who brought up Dia!kwain's child after his wife died, 4) p.4673v: the |xam name for the hollow at the base of the throat, 5) p.4675v: the name of Dia!kwain's eldest daughter; Snore-White-Lying and his family all lived at their place, 6) p.4678v: Dia!kwain doesn't know how to feed the baby, so asks Snore-White-Lying for advice, 7) p.4683v: the age of Dia!kwain's child when his wife died; about Dia!kwain's niece and the burial of his wife, 8) See also The explanation of the name Ssu-!kui-ten-tta (or Snore-White-Lying), 9) This story is found in Book V-9
Contributors
Date
29 April-May 1875
Categories
History (personal), Custom and daily life, Portention, Plants and animals
Keywords
game (and the actions of springbok and gemsbok) , game (and premonitions of death) , game (its actions foretell death) , game (and the death of Dia!kwain's first wife) , game (knew the death of Dia!kwain's wife) , game (know what is happening at home) , foreboding (and the actions of the game) , foreboding (or 'death-news') , foreboding (of death) , foreboding (springbok and gemsbok knew the death of Dia!kwain's wife) , presentiment (and the actions of springbok and gemsbok) , presentiment (premonitions of death) , presentiment (the actions of the game foretell death) , presentiment (springbok and gemsbok knew the death of Dia!kwain's wife) , death (and actions of the springbok and gemsbok) , death (the actions of the game foretell) , death ('death news') , death (of Dia!kwain's wife) , death (foretelling) , springbok (at Dia!kwain's wife's grave) , springbok (bring 'death-news') , springbok (shot by Dia!kwain) , springbok (their actions foretell death) , springbok (knew the death of Dia!kwain's wife) , springbok (their actions and premonition of death) , gemsbok (their actions foretell death) , gemsbok (and the death of Dia!kwain's wife) , gemsbok (knew the death of Dia!kwain's wife) , Dia!kwain (the actions of the game that foretold his wife's death) , Dia!kwain (was advised by Snore-White-Lying) , Dia!kwain (his wife's burial) , Dia!kwain (feeding his child) , Dia!kwain (the death of his wife) , Dia!kwain (his personal history) , Dia!kwain (springbok and gemsbok knew the death of his wife) , Dia!kwain (his first wife was called Mietje) , personal history (of Dia!kwain) , personal history (the death of Dia!kwain's wife was foretold by the game) , personal history (of Snore-White-Lying or Ssu-!kui-ten-tta) , Snore-White-Lying (his personal history) , Snore-White-Lying (advised Dia!kwain) , Snore-White-Lying (and the death of Dia!kwain's first wife) , burial (of Dia!kwain's first wife) , burial (springbok and gemsbok knew the death of Dia!kwain's wife) , grave (and the death of Dia!kwain's first wife) , grave (springbok and gemsbok knew the death of Dia!kwain's wife) , grave (the actions of springbok at Dia!kwain's wife's) , child (how Dia!kwain cared for his after the death of his first wife) , child (and the advice given by Snore-White-Lying) , name (Dutch, of Dia!kwain's first wife was Mietje)
Story Pages
4653-4688
