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Story: !xen and the steenbok
Title
!xen and the steenbok
Collection
Summary
!xen (Dirk) is afraid of the female steenbok, who has a baby steenbok, and throws dust in the steenbok's eyes to make it afraid of him (as he is of it).
Comments
1) p.7958v: |han≠kass'o heard this from !xen himself; !xen and his relations (he was |han≠kass'o's cousin); what the people say about the steenbok; the |xam term for a man who teases or tricks people, 2) This story is found in Book VIII-22
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
4 November 1878 (started and finished on or about)
Categories
Keywords
steenbok (breaks kneecaps) , steenbok (why it is feared) , steenbok (and !xen or Dirk) , steenbok (the actions and habits of) , steenbok (-female) , steenbok (-mother) , steenbok (-young) , steenbok (-newborn) , steenbok (what the people say about it) , steenbok (!xen throws dust in its eyes) , steenbok (!xen fears it) , !xen (his personal history) , !xen (Dirk) , !xen (and the steenbok) , !xen (throws dust in the steenbok's eyes) , !xen (misses his aim at the steenbok) , !xen (fears the steenbok) , personal history (!xen or Dirk and the steenbok) , hunting (!xen or Dirk and the steenbok) , hunting (!xen misses his aim)
Story Pages
7959-7961