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Story: What sorcerers eat
Title
What sorcerers eat
Collection
Summary
Some sorcerers are said to eat the flesh of the dead. (L VIII.-15. 7304-7306). |han≠kass'o is told by various !giten (sorcerers) whom he knows that some (bad) !giten eat people. They eat locusts (collected by other !giten for them) and flies, and force other !giten to eat the flesh of dead human beings.
Comments
1) |han≠kass'o heard this from '||khabbo' (||kabbo), !kuobba-an, |gui-an, ||kuen-an and also |gui-an's mother (kkebbi-an) who were all !giten' (sorcerers), 2) See also Sorcerers are like lions, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-15
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
August 1878
Categories
Custom and daily life, Healing and ailing
Keywords
sorcerers (!giten) , sorcerers (bad) , sorcerers (their doings and actions) , sorcerers ('eat' people) , sorcerers (eat locusts) , sorcerers (collect locusts for other sorcerers) , sorcerers (eat dead people) , sorcerers (eat flies) , sorcerers (force people to eat certain things) , sorcerers (force other sorcerers to eat the flesh of dead human beings) , flies (are eaten by sorcerers) , locusts (are eaten by sorcerers) , dead (human beings) , dead (are eaten by sorcerers) , food (eaten by sorcerers) , name (|xam, for sorcerers is !giten) , name (what sorcerers eat)
Story Pages
7304-7306
