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Story: Resurrection of the He-Ostrich
Title
Resurrection of the He-Ostrich
Collection
Summary
A man kills an Ostrich and takes the body home to his wife, who removes its feathers. A gust of wind carries a feather up into the sky after which it falls into the water and gets wet. Here it becomes an Ostrich again which then leaves the water. On land it grows and strengthens and calls loudly for wives. It marries the wives who then lay eggs. One wife lies on her egg while the male Ostrich guards the house from the Jackal and the Hyena who want to steal the eggs. The male Ostrich goes away and the Hyena frightens away the Ostrich wives, takes the eggs and puts them in the bushes. The Jackal fears the male Ostrich who kicks at her with his feet and runs away into the bushes. The Hyena thinks she has frightened away the Ostrich and may return to hunt for eggs, as she is hungry. The angry Ostrich confronts the Hyena, who runs away. The Hyena returns to the Ostrich's house to seek food.
Comments
1) p.1182v: the names of the Bastards who took ||kabbo's place (or home), 2) p.1239v: a note added on 17 November 1872, 3) p.1244v: |xam names and a description of Venus and Jupiter, 4) p.1261v: the |xam name of Sirius; 'honey's songs' as well as songs to the stars; 'That is Bushman's work to talk to the stars', 5) p.1262v: |xam names of Sirius, Canopus and Pleiades and the name of the stone that the digging stick is fitted into, 6) p.1282v: note added on 24 November 1872, 7) p.1300v: greetings in |xam, 8) p.1329v: some information about ≠kasin (Klaas Katkop) who was the son of ||xarra-|hun and yoa ≠ko, 9) This story is found in Book XII, Book XIII and Book XIV
Contributors
Date
November 1872
Categories
Keywords
transformation (resurrection of the He-Ostrich) , transformation (feather becomes Ostrich) , Ostrich (resurrection of the He-Ostrich) , Ostrich (calls for wives) , Ostrich (veldskoen of) , Ostrich (hunting ostrich) , Ostrich (feather of) , Ostrich (and the Hyena) , Ostrich (protects eggs) , Ostrich (doings of ostrich) , Ostrich (habits of ostrich) , Ostrich (fights the Hyena) , Ostrich (marries) , Ostrich (becomes strong) , Ostrich (was dead) , Ostrich (feet of) , Ostrich (the She-Ostrich) , Ostrich (call of) , Ostrich (scratches the house) , Ostrich (wives of) , Ostrich (children of) , Ostrich eggs (resurrection of the He-Ostrich and) , Ostrich eggs (shade for) , Ostrich eggs (female lays) , Ostrich eggs (membrane of) , Ostrich eggs (skin of is bone) , Ostrich eggs (shell of) , Ostrich eggs (yolk of) , Ostrich feather (resurrection of the He-Ostrich and) , Ostrich feather (bloody) , Ostrich feather (blown into the sky) , Ostrich feather (becomes an Ostrich) , fight (between Ostrich and Hyena) , hunting (ostrich) , hunting (resurrection of the He-Ostrich and) , whirlwind (resurrection of the He-Ostrich and) , whirlwind (breeze and) , whirlwind (wind) , whirlwind (blows feathers up) , veldskoen (the Ostrich's) , Jackal (resurrection of the He-Ostrich and) , Jackal (and the Ostrich eggs) , Hyena (resurrection of the He-Ostrich and) , Hyena (and the Ostrich) , Hyena (and the Ostrich eggs) , Hyena (mother of) , genealogy (of |xam) , genealogy (of ≠kasin) , genealogy (and resurrection of the He-Ostrich) , names (of ≠kasin's relations) , names (of the bored stone for the digging stick) , names (of |xam) , names (of stars) , names (and resurrection of the He-Ostrich) , water (and resurrection of the He-Ostrich) , water (and resurrection)
Story Pages
1171-1213, 1214-1306, 1307-1336
