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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
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
Keywords
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Story Pages
8080-8083
