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Story: Leopard hunting: the fatal adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion, and advice about leopard-hunting
Title
Leopard hunting: the fatal adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion, and advice about leopard-hunting
Collection
Summary
A man called Gemsbok Leg, or !kwai-!kwa, goes hunting with a companion and they pursue a leopard that seems to disappear, but it has deceived them and is lying in wait. It kills !kwai-!kwa before he can warn his companion, who is also attacked.
Comments
1) p.5418v: Dia!kwain describes how Gemsbok Leg (!kwai-!kwa) got his name; Dia!kwain heard this story from his mother (≠kamme-an), 2) p.5442v: how the leopard attacks a person, 3) This story is found in Book V-18
Contributors
Date
25 November 1875 (started)
Categories
Custom and daily life, History (personal)
Keywords
leopard (the fatal hunting adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion) , leopard (its nature and habits) , leopard (warnings about hunting) , leopard (lies down to deceive people) , leopard (steals up on people) , leopard (surprises hunters) , leopard (advice about hunting) , leopard (what mothers teach about) , leopard (deceives) , leopard (is cunning) , leopard (seems to disappear) , hunting (the fatal hunting adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion) , hunting (accidents) , hunting (advice and warnings about) , hunting (advice about leopards) , hunting (teachings about) , hunting (of beasts of prey) , teaching (about the behaviour of and hunting of leopards) , teaching (advice and warnings about hunting leopards) , teaching (and the adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion) , !kwai-!kwa (or Gemsbok Leg) , !kwai-!kwa (and his fatal adventure with a leopard) , personal history (the fatal adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion) , beasts of prey (leopard hunting and the fatal adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion) , beasts of prey (advice about leopard-hunting) , name (!kwai-!kwa's other) , name (and the fatal adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion) , death (the fatal hunting adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion) , death (of !kwai-!kwa killed by a leopard) , education (advice and warnings hunting leopards) , education (and the fatal hunting adventure of !kwai-!kwa and his companion)
Story Pages
5419-5444
