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Story: Baboon's ss'o |a and hair used as charms against illness
Title
Baboon's ss'o |a and hair used as charms against illness
Collection
Summary
...further described the value attached, by the Bushmen, to Ss’ó/õä found in the possession of Baboons; also its great use to the latter. The hair of the Baboon considered as a charm (L V.-24. 5957-5967). Baboons keep Ssho |oa (ss'o |a) in their cheek, which people take out and keep when they kill them. They believe that this stick of Ssho |oa prevents the baboon from feeling pain and illness. Baboons live long and don't know illness, but if they do get ill it is severe and kills them.
Comments
1) Ss'o-|a is also spelt Ssho |oa, 2) p.5956v: Dia!kwain's father (Xaa-ttin) told him that ss'o-|a is kept in the baboon's left cheek, 3) p.5963v: see Chippings made by Dia!kwain's father (before the time of the 'Boers'), 4) p.5964v: Dia!kwain's father (Xaa-ttin) told him most of this story; the rest is from Dia!kwain's personal experience, 5) See also Baboons speak Bushman and have wives, 6) This story is found in Book V-24
Contributors
Date
6 February 1876 (started)
Categories
Custom and daily life, Plants and animals
Keywords
baboon (its Ssho |oa and hair is used as a charm against illness) , baboon (is a thing which can die) , baboon (its nature and habits) , baboon (and presentiment) , baboon (and death) , baboon (feels its body) , baboon (knows when danger approaches) , baboon (does not feel pain) , baboon (can tell when death threatens) , baboon (does not get ill) , baboon (the death of) , baboon (what is said when one dies) , baboon (lives long) , baboon (severe illness kills it) , baboon (Ssho |oa tells its body things) , baboon (keeps Ssho |oa in its cheek) , baboon (does not want to die) , baboon (and the illnesses of people) , baboon (protects people from illness) , healing (using the baboon's Ssho |oa and hair charm) , charm (which protects against illness) , charm (made of baboon's hair and Ssho |oa) , Ssho |oa (the baboon's) , Ssho |oa (ss'o |a) , Ssho |oa (the value of) , Ssho |oa (takes care of baboons) , Ssho |oa (its properties) , Ssho |oa (the baboon's stick of) , Ssho |oa (the baboon keeps it in its cheek) , Ssho |oa (tells the baboon's body things) , Ssho |oa (and presentiment) , Ssho |oa (and the baboon's hair used as charm against illness) , death (of baboons) , death (the baboon's hair and Ssho |oa used as charm against illness) , presentiment (and the stick of Ssho |oa used by baboons tells its body things) , presentiment (a baboon knows when danger approaches) , illness (and the baboon's hair and Ssho |oa used as charm against) , illness (a baboon does not get ill) , illness (a baboon does not feel pain) , plant (Ssho |oa) , plant (baboon's Ssho |oa used as charm against illness) , hair (of the baboon and Ssho |oa used as a charm against illness)
Story Pages
5957-5973
