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Story: A wild cat, when many have been killed by a person changes itself into a lion and kills the slayer

Title

A wild cat, when many have been killed by a person changes itself into a lion and kills the slayer

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Summary

The Wild Cat believed to possess the power of turning itself into a lion. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-23. 8080-8083, and 27. 8399 rev., note). |han≠kass'o's grandfather (Tsatsi) told him that a wild cat turns itself into a lion when many of its kind have been killed by hunters.

Comments

1) p.8079v: |han≠kass'o heard this from his maternal grandfather (Tsatsi), 2) pp.8080v-8081v: see |han≠kass'o's dream of a gang of prisoners, 3) p.8082v: (24 December 1878) the people should not sleep because of the lion, 4) See also The lion has the power of turning itself into other things and Children do not say the lion's name at night, 5) This story is found in Book VIII-23

Contributors

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Date

December 1878

Categories

Transformation

Keywords

lion (the transformation of the wild cat into) , lion (and why people should not sleep) , lion (people should watch and listen for) , lion (wild cats become one at sunset) , lion (people do not see its spoor and sleep) , lion (its spoor) , lion (comes at night and drags people away) , lion (catches people in their sleep) , lion (the actions and habits of) , lion (wild cat possesses the power of turning itself into) , lion (the wild cat changes itself into one and kills the slayer of wild cats) , lion (deceives people) , wild cat (the transformation of) , wild cat (tactics in hunting) , wild cat (becomes a lion at sunset) , wild cat (the actions and habits of) , wild cat (its revenge on a hunter) , wild cat (will turn itself into a lion when many have been killed and kills the slayer) , wild cat (kills people in the lion's form) , wild cat (possesses the power of turning itself into a lion) , transformation (a wild cat changes itself into a lion and kills the slayer) , sleep (the people do not on account of the lion) , sleep (when the lion kills people) , sleep (when a wild cat changes itself into a lion to kill the slayer) , sunset (when wild cats become lions and kill hunters) , sunset (when lions carry people away)

Story Pages

8080-8083

Page Images

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