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Story: What sorcerers eat

Title

What sorcerers eat

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

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

Page Images

Image File: A2_1_90_07304.JPG

Book: BC_151_A2_1_090

Image File: A2_1_90_07305.JPG

Book: BC_151_A2_1_090

Image File: A2_1_90_07306.JPG

Book: BC_151_A2_1_090