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Story: Avoidance behaviour relating to lions
Title
Avoidance behaviour relating to lions
Collection
Summary
The Lion. Power over the time of sunset, and over the water–skins of the Bushmen, possessed by him. Flies tell him that a Bushman intends to fetch water, to-day. Caution in fetching water is recommended. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-11. 4869 rev.-4879 rev.). Dia!kwain's mother tells of lions and their doings when they want to catch and eat people. They make the sun set quickly to catch people out in the veld away from home and they make the waterskin tear .
Comments
1) This story is found in Book V-11
Contributors
Date
2 July 1875
Categories
Custom and daily life, Plants and animals
Keywords
lion (its nature and habits) , lion (the ways it catches and kills people) , lion (makes waterbags leak) , lion (want to catch people out in the veld away from home) , lion (deceives people) , lion (its power) , lion (and flies, which inform it) , lion (and water-holes) , lion (flies tell it that a person intends to fetch water) , lion (its magic powers) , lion (has power over the sun) , lion (its power over the waterskin) , lion (is cunning) , lion (avoidance behaviour relating to) , teaching (children not to play at the water) , teaching (about the doings of the lion) , teaching (and warnings) , teaching (about collecting water) , teaching (about the power of lions) , teaching (and avoidance behaviour relating to lions) , teaching (about flies and lions) , flies (inform the lion) , flies (and the lion) , flies (spy on the people) , flies (and avoidance behaviour relating to lions) , flies (tell lion that a person intends to fetch water) , sun (lion's power over) , sun (avoidance behaviour relating to lions) , water-holes (children taught not to play there) , water-holes (and avoidance behaviour relating to lions) , waterskin (lion's power over) , waterskin (and avoidance behaviour relating to lions) , water (children taught not to play at water–holes) , water (flies tell lion that a person intends to fetch water) , water (and avoidance behaviour relating to lions) , water (about collecting it safely) , water (–skin, lion's power over) , children (taught not to play at water–holes) , children (taught about lions) , children (taught about flies and lions) , children (and avoidance behaviour relating to lions) , education (of children not to play at the water) , education (about the doings of the lion) , education (and warnings) , education (about collecting water safely) , education (about the power of lions) , education (and avoidance behaviour relating to lions) , magic powers (of lions over the sun and the waterskin) , magic powers (avoidance behaviour relating to lions)
Story Pages
4869v-4879v
