Notebooks
Story: Crows and a note on secretary birds
Title
Crows and a note on secretary birds
Collection
Summary
Another version of the story of the Crow Messengers appears, here, in connexion with the adventure related above [The Mantis and |kwammana visit the Dassie's house]; /kwámmana and his companion being, in this instance, those who were found by the successful bird (Corvus scapulatus). (L VIII.-2. 6147-6157). How a crow will indicate the place of the springbok and how a child must look for it when grandfather has gone out hunting. Why the neck-feathers are white.
Comments
1) Date on p.6162: 2 February, 2) p.6145v: accounting for the naming of the crow 'carry feathers', 3) see also The Crow's story: the Crows are sent out to search for husbands or The !kagen ka Kkomm's story and the |hunn ta kkomm's story and The sending of the Crows or Crows sent out to look for husbands, 4) This story is found in Book VIII-2
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
30 January – 2 February 1878
Categories
History (Early Race), Portention, Custom and daily life
Keywords
birds (crows and secretary birds) , birds (names of different crows) , Crow (messengers) , Crow (that seeks |kwammana) , Crow (its breast) , Crow (called the !kagen) , Crow (Corvus scapulatus) , Crow (finds |kwammana) , Crow (that eats fat) , Crow (with fat around its neck) , Crow (crows know where and show people where springboks lie) , Crow (the nature and habits of crows) , Crow (and secretary birds) , Crow (the names of) , Crow (accounting for the appearance of a crow) , Crow (why its neck-feathers are white) , Crow (that have a piece of 'white fat' at their neck) , Crow (a description of) , |kwammana (is found by the Crows) , |kwammana (crows and secretary birds) , names (of different crows) , names (crows and secretary birds) , springboks (crows know where and show where they lie when dead) , springboks (crows and secretary birds) , hunting (crows know where and show people where dead springboks lie) , hunting (crows and secretary birds) , fat (around the neck of the !kagen Crow) , fat (why the crow's neck-feathers are white) , fat (crows and secretary birds)
Story Pages
6146-6164
