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Story: The Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken
Title
The Bushman doctress and sorceress Ttanno !khauken
Collection
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
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
