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Story: Rain protects frogs
Title
Rain protects frogs
Collection
Summary
Frogs are not to be killed, lest drought ensue. An exhortation, to the Bushmen, to be careful of food in time of plenty, is followed by a description of the jackal’s doings with regard to food, etc. (L VIII.-16. 7449-7451, 7448 rev.-7450 rev., and 7452-7456). If people kill frogs, rain will not fall and drought will come. The people will have to eat gambro (|kui) plants because other plants have disappeared.
Comments
1) |han≠kass'o heard this from his maternal grandfather (Tsatsi); what their place looks like in times of drought, 2) pp.7448v-7450v: see Habits of jackals, 3) p.7450v: how the people protect themselves from the ill-effects of the gambro, 4) See also Want of rain and Gambro or |kui and its ill-effects, 5) This story is found in Book VIII-16
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
14 September 1878 (started)
Categories
Keywords
drought (plants vanish during) , drought (people become lean during) , drought (springbok vanish during) , drought (locusts vanish during) , drought (what is eaten during times of) , drought (its effect on the people and fauna and flora in Bushmanland) , drought (is caused by people killing frogs) , drought (rain protects frogs) , gambro (protection against) , gambro (smelling part of the porcupine to protect against its ill-effects) , gambro (methods of eating it safely) , gambro (or |kui) , gambro (kills people) , gambro (eaten during times of drought) , gambro (intoxicates) , gambro (rain protects frogs) , porcupine (smelling it to protect against gambro) , porcupine (rain protects frogs) , plant (eaten during times of drought) , plant (that intoxicates) , plant (that kills) , plant (ill–effects of gambro) , plant (rain protects frogs) , frogs (the rain protects) , frogs (killing them causes drought) , frogs (prohibition against killing) , rain (protects frogs) , rain (does not fall when frogs are killed) , names (of plants eaten in times of drought) , names (gambro or |kui) , intoxicant (gambro) , intoxicant (rain protects frogs) , food (eaten in times of drought) , food (eating gambro) , food (the ill–effects of gambro) , food (killing frogs brings drought) , food (rain protects frogs)
Story Pages
7449-7451
