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Story: The Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken

Title

The Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Summary

An old sorceress (a relative who befriended the narrator’s family), her power of turning herself into a lioness, her pet springbok, etc. By Dia!kwãin (L V.-10. 4707-4743). Dia!kwain's aunt, the sorceress Ttanno !khauken, changes herself into a lioness to see what her people are doing and to take care of them. Dia!kwain's father kills her short-horned springbok, but she is not angry even though it is not a food springbok, but a tame one (it was her 'heart's springbok').

Comments

1) pp.4707 opp-p.4710v, p.4712v-p.4714v: see A great Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken who did not understand Dutch, 2) pp.4716v-4718v: see About Dia!kwain's relations, 3) p.4739v: Dia!kwain's mother will 'see more' (springbok) after putting on Ttanno !khauken's old cap, 4) p.4741v: Dia!kwain's mother is said to have no 'flocks', but the narrator means cattle rather than sheep, 5) This story is found in Book V-10

Contributors

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Date

14 – 19 May 1875

Categories

Transformation, History (personal)

Keywords

Dia!kwain (his personal history) , Dia!kwain (and his aunt, Ttanno !khauken the sorceress) , Dia!kwain (his brother Ko-bbo became ill after eating Ttanno !khauken's springbok) , sorceress (the Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken) , sorceress (or springbok enchantress) , sorceress (her transformation) , sorceress (Ttanno !khauken) , sorceress (springbok-) , Ttanno !khauken (the Bushman doctress and sorceress) , Ttanno !khauken (her powers) , Ttanno !khauken ('possesses' springbok) , Ttanno !khauken (is not an 'angry' sorceress) , Ttanno !khauken (the springbok enchantress) , Ttanno !khauken (her actions with springbok) , Ttanno !khauken (her pet, the short-horned springbok) , Ttanno !khauken (the death of her springbok) , Ttanno !khauken (her cap) , Ttanno !khauken (her transformation into a lioness) , Ttanno !khauken (watches over her people) , Ttanno !khauken (seeks her people) , Ttanno !khauken (makes Ko-bbo ill) , Ttanno !khauken (and Dia!kwain's family) , Ttanno !khauken (Dia!kwain's brother Ko-bbo ate her pet springbok) , springbok (and the Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken) , springbok (and the springbok enchantress) , springbok (that are 'fastened') , springbok (kapater) , springbok (food-) , springbok (the sorceress's cap made from the head of) , springbok (Ttanno !khauken's pet-) , springbok (the enchanting of) , springbok (and the work of the sorceress Ttanno !khauken) , springbok (Ttanno !khauken possesses) , springbok (Dia!kwain's mother has no 'flocks') , springbok (Dia!kwain's brother Ko-bbo ate Ttanno !khauken's pet) , personal history (Dia!kwain's) , personal history (the Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken) , personal history (Dia!kwain's aunt, Ttanno !khauken the sorceress) , personal history (Dia!kwain's brother Ko-bbo ate Ttanno !khauken's pet springbok) , healer (the Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken) , illness (of Dia!kwain's brother Ko-bbo after eating Ttanno !khauken's springbok) , illness (and the Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken) , pet (springbok belonging to the Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken) , transformation (and the Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken) , transformation (Ttanno !khauken changes herself into a lioness to see what her people are doing and to take care of them) , lion (Ttanno !khauken changes herself into a lioness to see what her people are doing and to take care of them) , lion (and the Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken)

Story Pages

4707-4743

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