Title

The girl, of the Early Race of people, who married a Baboon

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Summary

A girl is becoming a new maiden and goes to lie down (in her hut). She says the Baboon's name. The Baboon sings to her so that her face will change shape and resemble his own. The girl runs away to the Baboon, who waits on the hill. She marries him.

Comments

1) |han≠kass'o heard this from his mother (|xabbi-an), 2) p.7609v & p.7618v: (told to |han≠kass'o by |xaken-an, given 31 March 1884): the girl had no buttocks (?) because her period was not there (she has not yet become a 'new maiden'); the girl had no breasts because her chest had changed to resemble a Baboon's, 3) p.7615v: |xam terms of respect (for in-laws), 4) This story is found in Book VIII-18

Contributors

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Date

9 October 1878 (started)

Categories

History (Early Race), New maidens

Keywords

Baboon (his mother-in-law) , Baboon (is a 'bad man') , Baboon (sneezes when the girl says his name) , Baboon (the name of) , Baboon (the girl says his name) , Baboon (was a person of the Early Race) , Baboon (the foolish girl marries) , Baboon (sings a song that transforms the girl into a Baboon) , Baboon (his song to the new maiden) , girl (when she is little and not yet a new maiden) , girl (of the Early Race of people who is foolish and marries a Baboon) , girl (what happens when she says the Baboon's name) , girl (her face changes to resemble a Baboon's) , girl (becomes a Baboon) , girl (what happens when she becomes a new maiden) , girl (the Baboon sings to) , hut (the girl lies down in to become a new maiden) , hut (of the girl, of the Early Race of people, who married a Baboon) , painting (with ||hara and tto) , drawing (with ||hara and tto) , marriage (the girl of the Early Race to a Baboon) , Early Race (or First Bushmen) , Early Race (and the foolish girl who married a Baboon) , transformation (of the girl into a Baboon) , transformation (and the saying of the Baboon's name) , transformation (and the Baboon's song) , transformation (of the girl, of the Early Race of people, who married a Baboon) , sneezing (of the Baboon when the girl says his name) , sneezing (the girl, of the Early Race of people, who married a Baboon) , new maiden (and menstruation) , new maiden (her breasts) , new maiden (her hut) , new maiden (the girl lies down to become) , new maiden (the girl, of the Early Race of people, who married a Baboon) , song (of the Baboon to the girl) , song (that changes the girl into a Baboon) , song (the girl, of the Early Race of people, who married a Baboon) , ||hara (and tto) , ||hara (painting and drawing with) , tto (and ||hara) , tto (painting and drawing with) , name (the girl who says the Baboon's) , name (the girl, of the Early Race of people, who married a Baboon)

Story Pages

7608-7625

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