Title

Song of the !kau's child

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Summary

The song of the !khau lizard's child, which it sings while following its father home after he has cut off his own flesh.

Comments

1) p.7155v: this song is sung with the mouth, 2) See also The !kau who brought home his own flesh as food and The death of the !kau (a lizard of the genus Agama) and Remarks by |han≠kass'o on the preceding story (The death of the !kau), 3) This story is found in Book VIII-13

Contributors

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Date

July 1878

Categories

Poetry, History (Early Race)

Keywords

song (verse) , song (poetry) , song (of the !khau's child) , song (to the 'lizard-scrap') , song (how it is sung) , song (sung 'with the mouth') , song (and the Early Race) , !khau (or !kau) , !khau (Agama lizard) , !khau ('lizard-scrap') , !khau (his child's song) , !khau (his flesh) , !khau (a person of the Early Race) , !khau (who was formerly a man) , Early Race (or First Bushmen, or !xwe ||na ss'o !kui) , Early Race (and the song of the !khau's child) , child (the song of the !khau's) , speech (the song of the !khau's child is sung 'with the mouth') , lizard (!khau or !kau) , lizard (Agama lizard) , lizard (song of the !khau's child) , names (|xam, for the Agama lizard) , Agama lizard (!khau or !kau) , Agama lizard (song of the !khau's child)

Story Pages

7156-7158

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