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Story: How sorcerers sometimes assume the form of a jackal or of a bird; how they then act
Title
How sorcerers sometimes assume the form of a jackal or of a bird; how they then act
Collection
Summary
The form of a jackal, or of a little bird, is sometimes assumed by friendly sorcerers.In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-14. 5055-5078 1/2). Sorcerers transform themselves into jackals and birds when they want to watch over their people who have moved away and whom they have loved. Wise people can tell when a bird is a sorcerer and tell him all is well.
Comments
1) pp.5068v-5078 1/2v: see How Xaa-ttin asked (or prayed to) the dead magician (named !nuin-|kui-ten) for rain, which was speedily bestowed, 2) This story is found in Book V-14
Contributors
Date
July 1875
Categories
Keywords
sorcerers (how they sometimes assume the form of a jackal or of a bird) , sorcerers (who are good) , sorcerers (their actions) , sorcerers (and times of the day) , sorcerers (go about while others sleep) , sorcerers (how they act in animal form) , sorcerers (assume other forms) , sorcerers (becoming) , sorcerers (and transformation) , sorcerers (become birds and jackals) , sorcerers (watch over their people) , sorcerers (take care of their people) , sorcerers (and people who have left home) , sorcerers (their human forms) , sorcerers (their human forms sleeps at home) , jackal (how sorcerers sometimes assume the form of a jackal or of a bird) , jackal (its behaviour when it is a sorcerer) , jackal (sorcerers watch over their people in its form) , bird (how sorcerers sometimes assume the form of a jackal or of a bird) , bird (sorcerers watch over their people in its form) , bird (its behaviour when it is a sorcerer) , bird (wise people can tell when a bird is a sorcerer) , transformation (how sorcerers sometimes assume the form of a jackal or of a bird) , transformation (how sorcerers act in animal form) , sleep (sorcerers watch over their people in the form of a jackal or of a bird while they) , sleep (sorcerer's human forms sleeps at home)
Story Pages
5055-5078 1/2
