Title

Missing the game

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Summary

The women must not eat meat from the shoulder blades of the springbok, or the arrows will miss the game. This is called 'when we shoot our death'.

Comments

1) See also !nanna-sse, 2) This story is found in Book VIII-14

Contributors

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Date

6 August 1878

Categories

Custom and daily life

Keywords

hunting ('missing the game') , hunting ('when we shoot our death') , hunting (observances) , hunting (respecting the game) , hunting (the eating of game) , hunting (women must not eat the springbok's shoulder blades) , hunting (shooting springbok) , food (avoided by women) , food (eating certain, and 'missing the game') , food (prohibitions regarding eating springbok) , food (women must not eat the springbok's shoulder blades) , food (and 'when we shoot our death') , springbok (women must not eat the flesh from its shoulder blades) , springbok (their nature and habits) , springbok (the eating of) , springbok (eating, and 'missing the game') , hunting (observances) , hunting ('missing the game') , hunting (the consequences of eating prohibited food) , hunting (illness and 'when we shoot our death') , prohibition (food and hunting observances) , prohibition (women must not eat the flesh from the springbok's shoulder blades) , illness (caused by 'missing the game') , illness (caused by eating the springbok's shoulder blades) , illness (the consequences of missing the game) , illness ('when we shoot our death') , death (and illness) , death ('when we shoot our death') , death (the consequences of 'missing the game') , women (must not eat the flesh from the springbok's shoulder blades) , women (and 'missing the game') , women (and 'when we shoot our death') , arrows (which will miss the game) , arrows ('missing the game' results in 'when we shoot our death')

Story Pages

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