Notebooks
Story: The Mantis and the Ticks
Title
The Mantis and the Ticks
Collection
Summary
The Mantis visits the abode of the Ticks, attempts to take some of their food, and is well beaten by them. He flies away, goes into the water, and returns home where he is pitied and lectured by the Ichneumon. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-3. 6236-6258, 6267-6269). Also (L VIII.-20. 7790-7811; L VIII.-20. 7812-7816, 22. 7906-7956).
Comments
1) Date on p.6236 (translation by Dorothea Bleek in October 1919); p.6239: 11 February 1878; p.6258: 16 February, 2) See also The Mantis takes away the Tick's sheep (including Porcupine's speech concerning the coming of ||khwai-hemm) and The Mantis and |kwammana visit the Dassie's house, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-3
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
February 1878
Categories
Keywords
|kaggen (the Mantis) , |kaggen (and the Ticks) , |kaggen (is an 'old man') , |kaggen (his head is white) , |kaggen (his relations) , |kaggen (or 'grandfather') , |kaggen (his foolish actions) , |kaggen (does not listen) , |kaggen (contradicts) , |kaggen (goes to the Ticks' house) , |kaggen (his fight with the Ticks) , |kaggen (angers the Ticks) , |kaggen (eats the Ticks food) , |kaggen (flies away) , |kaggen (his things, or 'hartebeest children') , |kaggen (is advised by the Ichneumon) , |kaggen (is not a 'grown-up person') , |kaggen (deceives) , |kaggen (his actions and behaviour) , |kaggen (fights) , |kaggen (flies into water) , |kaggen (his suffering) , Ticks (|kaggen and) , Ticks (their pot) , Ticks (their house) , Ticks (punish |kaggen) , Ticks (their fight with |kaggen) , Ticks (their knobkerries) , Ticks (their food) , Ichneumon (pities |kaggen) , Ichneumon (advises |kaggen) , Ichneumon (lectures and scolds |kaggen) , Ichneumon (is |kaggen's grandson) , Ichneumon (|kaggen and the Ticks) , things (|kaggen's 'hartebeest children') , things (|kaggen and the Ticks) , Hartebeest children (|kaggen's things) , Hartebeest children (|kaggen and the Ticks) , fight (between |kaggen and the Ticks) , water (|kaggen flies into) , water (|kaggen and the Ticks)
Story Pages
6236-6258, 6267-6269
