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Story: Cuts to be made on a bow when a baboon has been killed
Title
Cuts to be made on a bow when a baboon has been killed
Collection
Summary
Certain cuts to be made upon the bow, when a Baboon has been killed. A similar ceremony to be observed with regard to the Hyena. A Baboon, when killed, resembles a man, in 'making cloud'. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-24. 5911-5916, 5911 rev., note). Dia!kwain's father told him that the baboon's bad influence, brought about by its death, would live on in (or curse) the bow if the bow was not cut, causing the influence to leave the bow.
Comments
1) p.5910v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his father (Xaa-ttin), 2) p.5911v: see Cuts to be made on a bow when a hyena has been killed, 3) p.5913v: see What is said to a person whose actions are disagreeable (Dia!kwain, 1 February 1876), 4) This story is found in Book V-24
Contributors
Date
31 January 1876 (started)
Categories
Custom and daily life, Celestial bodies and aeroscopy
Keywords
baboon (its curse on the killing bow) , baboon (removing its 'actions' from a bow) , baboon (its actions) , baboon (its death brings bad influence) , baboon (cuts made on the bow when one has been killed) , baboon (the hunting of) , baboon (what Dia!kwain's father told him about killing one) , baboon (the treatment of the bow used to kill one) , baboon (the marks made on the bow are the baboon's 'teeth') , baboon (its 'eye hollow' in the bow) , baboon (ensuring its 'eye hollow' leaves the bow) , baboon (its bad influence, actions or curse) , baboon (makes 'clouds' like a man's when killed) , baboon (was once a man) , baboon (its actions are like a person's) , hunting (fortunes) , hunting (observances) , hunting (ceremony) , hunting (removing the curse of the baboon from the bow) , hunting (marking and cutting the bow) , hunting (and the bad influence of baboons) , hunting (the treatment of the bow) , hunting (and killing baboons) , bow (making cuts on, when a baboon is killed) , bow (putting the baboon's 'teeth' on) , bow (removing the baboon's bad influence or curse from) , bow (the treatment of) , clouds (a baboon's are like a person's when it dies) , clouds (death and 'making cloud') , clouds (and killing baboons) , clouds (made by the baboon when dead) , curse (of the baboon; its bad influence or actions) , curse (removing the baboon's from the killing bow) , curse (making cuts on the bow when a baboon is killed) , weapons (making cuts on the bow when a baboon is killed) , ceremony (for removing the baboon's curse from the killing bow) , ceremony (making cuts on the bow when a baboon has been killed) , cutting (and marking a bow used to kill a baboon) , cutting (and removing the baboon's curse from the killing bow) , death (and the making of clouds) , death ('making cloud') , death (a baboon's are like a man's) , death (and making cuts on the bow when a baboon is killed)
Story Pages
5911-5916
