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Story: The Ratel and the girls of the Early Race
Title
The Ratel and the girls of the Early Race
Collection
Summary
The Ratel (formerly a man of the Early Race (or !xwe ||na ss'o !kui) dances for the girls of the Early Race, who clap for him to continue dancing all day long. The mother of the girls becomes suspicious at their lack of success in collecting food and sends a little sister of the girls to accompany them. The Ratel dances for them and the little sister runs away, so he returns to where the elder sisters are still sitting and kills them.
Comments
1) p.8040v: see A white substance and the Moon; |han≠kass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an), who he thinks heard it from her mother (≠kammi), 2) This story is found in Book VIII-23
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
7 December 1878 (started)
Categories
Keywords
Ratel (and the girls of the Early Race) , Ratel (sings and dances) , Ratel (was formerly a man of the Early Race) , Ratel (or !khou) , Ratel (the girls clap their hands while he dances) , Ratel (smells unpleasant) , Ratel (is angry with the girls and kills them) , girls (of the Early Race) , girls (watch the Ratel dance) , girls (their little sister spies on them) , girls (the Ratel kills) , girls (do not collect food) , girls (their bags are empty) , girls (went to a thing whose smell was not nice) , girls (murdered by the Ratel) , girls (the Ratel and the girls of the Early Race) , Early Race (or the First Bushmen, or !xwe ||na ss'o !kui) , Early Race (the Ratel and the girls of) , Early Race (when the Ratel was formerly a man) , name (Ratel is called !khou) , name (the Ratel and the girls of the Early Race)
Story Pages
8041-8053
