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Story: The slaying of a white springbok will cause the other springbok to disappear

Title

The slaying of a white springbok will cause the other springbok to disappear

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Summary

The people of |han≠kass'o's country do not kill a white springbok, because they believe that the other springbok will disappear.

Comments

1) p.7993v: |han≠kass'o heard this from his maternal grandfather (Tsatsi); see Notes on rock painting copy no. 5, no. 6. and no. 7 , 2) This story is found in Book VIII-22

Contributors

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Date

November 1878

Categories

Custom and daily life

Keywords

springbok (the hunting of) , springbok (respecting the game) , springbok (slaying of a white one will cause the others to disappear) , springbok (respect for a white one) , springbok (the consequences of killing a white one) , hunting (observances) , hunting (the killing of a white springbok will cause the others to disappear) , hunting (of springbok) , hunting (respecting the game) , hunting (a prohibition against killing the white springbok) , game (respect for) , game (slaying of a white springbok will cause the others to disappear) , respect (for the game) , respect (slaying of a white springbok will cause the others to disappear)

Story Pages

7994

Page Images

Image File: A2_1_97_07994.JPG

Book: BC_151_A2_1_097