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Story: Why !kweiten ta ||ken received her name
Title
Why !kweiten ta ||ken received her name
Collection
Summary
Explanation of various personal names was given, in the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-10. 4751-4754, 4758-4777, 18. 5373 rev., 19. 5505 rev. and 5506 rev., 20. 5572 and 5573, 5605-5607). !kweiten ta ||ken is an 'orphan's name'.
Comments
1) !kweiten ta ||ken is spelt !kweten ta ||ken in some of the stories by or relating to her, 2) p.4758v: !kweiten ta ||ken's mother's younger sister's name was Xomm-an (her Dutch name was Anna); Dia!kwain cannot recall her 'little' name; she was 'killed by sorcery', 3) pp.4761v-4764v: see The preparation of tinder from a certain thorn-tree, 4) pp.4765v & 4766v: see The making of a needle from a springbok's foreleg, 5) This story is found in Book V-10
Contributors
Date
10 June 1875 (started)
Categories
History (personal), Custom and daily life
Keywords
!kweiten ta ||ken (Rachel) , !kweiten ta ||ken (the giving of her name) , !kweiten ta ||ken (her personal history) , !kweiten ta ||ken (her relations were 'killed by sorcery') , !kweiten ta ||ken (was given an orphan's name) , sorcery (killing with) , sorcery (and the giving of !kweiten ta ||ken's name) , sorcery (and the killing of !kweiten ta ||ken's relations) , name (the giving of !kweiten ta ||ken's) , name (!kweiten ta ||ken was given an orphan's name) , name (!kweiten ta ||ken's other is Rachel) , personal history (the giving of !kweiten ta ||ken's name) , personal history (!kweiten ta ||ken's relations were 'killed by sorcery') , death (!kweiten ta ||ken's relations were 'killed by sorcery') , death (and the giving of !kweiten ta ||ken's name)
Story Pages
4758-4769
