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Story: The She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's suitors
Title
The She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's suitors
Collection
Summary
The Rhinoceros and her daughter’s suitors. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-5. 6456-6504). The She-Rhinoceros has two daughters. The youngest is Driving Away (Ssuai-ssuai-||a-|uhan), who asks her mother for food as a reward for telling her (by means of a song) when people come to court her elder daughter (!kwa !khe). The She-Rhinoceros chases them away with her short horn, and the !gwiten (Silver Fox) throws a stick at them as they run away, complaining about the dust that has been kicked up. The Leopard goes to !kwa-!khe and the younger sister starts her singing again. The elder sister asks her to stop, but Driving Away still wants the reward of food from the She-Rhinoceros and sings about the new suitor. The mother instructs her to fetch the long horn, because it is the Leopard and he will not be afraid of her. !kwa-!khe beats her mother on the back with a stick and leaves with the Leopard. The cowardly suitors (the Jackals and Hyena) see the Leopard bringing !kwa-!khe as his wife and discuss how they would have married her had her mother not fought them.
Comments
1) Note by Lloyd on the inside of the front cover of Book VIII-5 reads: 'Finished translating 'The She-Rhinoceros and her Elder Daughter's Suitors' 16th and 17th January, 1901.', 2) This story was told to |han≠kass'o by his mother (|xabbi-an), 3) p.6463v: the song sung by Driving Away was 'Be flying quickly', 4) See also The song of the Mother Rhinoceros, 5) This story is found in book VIII-5
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
16 – 20 March 1878
Categories
Keywords
Rhinoceros (the She-) , Rhinoceros (of the Early Race) , Rhinoceros (the She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's suitors) , She-Rhinoceros (and her elder daughter's suitors) , She-Rhinoceros (her actions) , She-Rhinoceros (makes the people afraid) , She-Rhinoceros (and the Silver Fox) , She-Rhinoceros (and the cowardly suitors) , She-Rhinoceros (throws earth at the Leopard's legs) , She-Rhinoceros (sings out 'My daughter's little husband') , She-Rhinoceros (is 'a fight's thing') , She-Rhinoceros (gives food to her younger daughter) , She-Rhinoceros (gets angry) , She-Rhinoceros (chases away the Hyena) , She-Rhinoceros (chases away the Jackal) , She-Rhinoceros (causes fights) , She-Rhinoceros ('makes dust') , She-Rhinoceros (her two daughters) , She-Rhinoceros (her horns) , She-Rhinoceros (tests the bravery of the suitors) , She-Rhinoceros (is beaten by her elder daughter) , She-Rhinoceros (her elder daughter is !kwa !khe) , She-Rhinoceros (her younger daughter is Driving Away, or Ssuai-ssuai-||a-|uhan) , She-Rhinoceros (puts on her short horn) , She-Rhinoceros (keeps the sharp real horn in her hut) , Jackal (the She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's suitors) , Jackal (fears the She-Rhinoceros) , Jackal (the Silver Fox throws a stick at) , Jackal (is a suitor) , Hyena (the She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's suitors) , Hyena (fears the She-Rhinoceros) , Hyena (the Silver Fox throws a stick at) , Hyena (is a suitor) , Leopard (the She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's suitors) , Leopard ('a man who is different') , Leopard (is not afraid of the She-Rhinoceros) , Leopard (and the long horn) , Leopard (the brave suitor) , Leopard (courts the elder daughter) , Leopard (fights the She-Rhinoceros) , Leopard (marries the elder daughter) , Silver Fox (the She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's suitors) , Silver Fox (throws a stick at the cowardly suitors) , Silver Fox (did not pity the suitors) , Silver Fox (or !gwiten) , fight (between the She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's suitors) , fight (the She-Rhinoceros 'makes dust') , fight (the She-Rhinoceros is 'a fight's thing') , Driving Away (the She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's suitors) , Driving Away (is on guard at home) , Driving Away (or Ssuai-ssuai-||a-|uhan) , Driving Away (tells her mother when men come courting) , Driving Away (is the younger daughter) , Driving Away (sings 'Be quickly flying') , Driving Away (fetches the short horn) , Driving Away (her mother rewards her with food) , suitors (the She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's) , suitors (who come to !kwa !khe) , suitors (the elder daughter's) , suitors (who are cowards) , suitors (who are brave) , Lynx (and the Leopard decide to court the elder daughter) , Lynx (is not afraid of the She-Rhinoceros) , Lynx (the She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's suitors) , horn (short) , horn (long) , horn (sharp, real) , horn (of the She-Rhinoceros) , song (sung by the She-Rhinoceros' younger daughter, Driving Away) , song (sung by the She-Rhinoceros, 'My daughter's little husband') , song ('Be quickly flying') , names (of the She-Rhinoceros' daughters) , names (the elder daughter is !kwa !khe) , names (the younger daughter is Driving Away or Ssuai-ssuai-||a-|uhan) , names (the Silver Fox is !gwiten) , names (the She-Rhinoceros and her elder daughter's suitors)
Story Pages
6456-6504
