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Story: Baboons should not be spoken with
Title
Baboons should not be spoken with
Collection
Summary
Baboons not to be answered, when they address a Bushman in the early morning on his way to the hunting ground. They must, also, be alluded to in a very guarded manner, lest they should know that they are being spoken of. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-24. 5902-5910, 5905 rev. and 5906 rev., note). Baboons are not 'good people' and do not 'merely' want to sit and talk as people pass. The baboon gets angry and teases. It mocks and deceives people as they pass by.
Comments
1) p.5902 opp: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his father (Xaa-ttin), 2) pp.5905v & 5906v: (8 February) on saying the baboon's name and its placing of its paw on its hipbone; methods of alluding to baboons without saying their name, 3) This story is found in Book V-24
Contributors
Date
30 January (and some from 8 February) 1876
Categories
Custom and daily life, Plants and animals
Keywords
baboons (should not be spoken with) , baboons (must not be answered when they speak) , baboons (and the early morning) , baboons (people fear saying their name) , baboons (what people call them to avoiding saying their name) , baboons (are referred to as 'hipbone') , baboons (talk to people) , baboons (their nature and habits) , baboons (are not good people) , baboons (understand |xam) , baboons (speak |xam) , baboons (understand what people are saying) , baboons (their name must not be spoken) , baboons (and success hunting) , name (avoiding saying the baboon's) , name (of the baboon is feared) , hunting (observances) , hunting (successful, and talking to baboons) , hunting (baboons should not be spoken with) , morning (doings of the early) , morning (when baboons should not be spoken with) , speech (baboons speak |xam and understand what people are saying) , speech (baboons should not be spoken with) , speech (baboons talk to people)
Story Pages
5902-5910, 5905v-5906v
