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Story: The girl of the Early Race who killed the children of the Rain
Title
The girl of the Early Race who killed the children of the Rain
Collection
Summary
The Girl (of the Early Race) who killed the Children of the Rain, bringing, thereby, severe punishment upon herself and those who lived with her. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-17. 7473-7519). A girl kills and eats a Water child, tidying up before her mother comes home. This happens a number of times, and eventually the Rain becomes angry and makes a whirlwind gather the hut and the girl into the pond, where she becomes a frog.
Comments
1) |han≠kass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an) and maternal grandmother (≠kammi), 2) p.7474v: the Water's child resembles a calf, 3) pp.7513v-7514v: see Words and sentences: names of millipedes, 4) See also The occasion on which the story The girl of the Early Race who killed the children of the Rain was related to |han≠kass'o, 5) This story is found in Book VIII-17
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
17 September (started on)
Categories
The Rain and Rain's water, History (Early Race)
Keywords
rain (the Rain) , rain (the girl of the Early Race who killed its children) , rain (grows angry) , rain (puts out fires) , rain (its whirlwind carries the people into the sky) , rain (its wind) , rain (its child resembles a calf and grows and gets horns) , rain (transforms the girl and her people into frogs) , rain (transforms their things) , rain (its pond) , rain (its wind) , rain (its child is the Water child) , Water child (the Rain's child) , Water child ('there was none so fine as it') , Water child (is killed by the girl) , Water child (is roasted and eaten by the girl of the Early Race) , Water child (how it grows) , girl (of the Early Race) , girl (who killed the Rain's children) , girl (becomes a frog) , girl (who ate the Water children) , girl (her actions) , girl (who angers the Rain) , girl (is transformed into a frog) , Early Race (or First Bushmen) , Early Race (the girl of, who killed the children of the Rain) , frog (the Rain transforms the girl and her people into) , frog (and the girl of the Early Race who killed the children of the Rain) , wind (the Rain's) , wind (and the Rain's transformation of the people into frogs) , wind (and the girl of the Early Race who killed the children of the Rain) , whirlwind (the Rain's) , whirlwind (carries the people into the sky) , whirlwind (and the Rain's transformation of the people into frogs) , whirlwind (and the girl of the Early Race who killed the children of the Rain) , transformation (the Rain changes the people into frogs) , transformation (bed skins become springbok) , transformation (sticks become bushes) , transformation (the girl becomes a frog) , transformation (by the angry Rain) , transformation (the girl of the Early Race who killed the children of the Rain) , children (of the Rain, killed by the girl of the Early Race) , children (the Water's children) , children (of the Rain resemble a calf and grow and get horns)
Story Pages
7473-7519
