Notebooks
Story: Life after death
Title
Life after death
Collection
Summary
The names of those who are dead must not be uttered by the children at night. (L VIII.-26. 8310–8312). According to |han≠kass'o's grandfather (Tsatsi), when people die they become spirit-people. If the names of the dead (the old people) are called as if they are still alive, they will come and harm the living.
Comments
1) p.8309v: |hankass'o heard this from his grandfather (Tsatsi), 2) This story is found in Book VIII-26
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
9 March 1879
Categories
Keywords
death (life after) , death (and dreams) , death (the dead 'do not possess their thinking strings') , death (people become spirit–-people after) , death (and saying the names of the dead) , death (and the 'old people' or the dead) , death (what children are taught about) , death (what |han≠kass'o's grandfather, Tsatsi, told him about) , death (why the dead harm the living) , death (children must not say the name of the dead at night) , night (when people dream of the dead if they say their name) , night (when children must not say the name of the dead) , night (and life after death) , names (the saying of those of the dead by night avoided) , names (of the dead may be said at noon) , names (name for the dead is 'spirit–-people') , thinking strings (the dead do not understand) , thinking strings (of the dead, with which they understand) , thinking strings (why the dead harm people and make them ill) , thinking strings (and life after death) , illness (when the dead 'come as a fighting party') , illness (when the dead come to kill a person) , illness (caused by saying the names of the dead at night) , illness (when the dead harm the living) , illness (and life after death) , dead (and life after death) , dead (dreaming about them) , dead (what |han≠kass'o's grandfather, Tsatsi, calls them) , dead (the name for is 'spirit–-people') , dead (teachings about) , dead ('do not possess their thinking strings') , dead (people become spirit–-people after they die) , dead (saying their names at night avoided) , dead (harm the living) , dead (cause illness) , dead (do not understand) , dead (children are taught not to say their names at night) , dead (their names may be spoken at noon) , dead (are called 'old people') , dead ('come as a fighting party') , dead (come to kill a person) , children (what they are taught about life after death) , children (must not say the names of the dead at night) , dreams (and death) , dreams (and life after death) , dreams (dreaming about the dead if their names are said by night) , understanding (the dead have none and come to harm people) , understanding (the dead 'do not possess their thinking strings') , understanding (and life after death) , understanding (and teaching about life after death and avoiding saying the names of the dead at night) , ancestors (life after death) , ancestors (spirit–-people) , ancestors (old people) , ancestors (are dreamed of) , teaching (understanding) , teaching (children about life after death and avoiding saying the names of the dead at night) , teaching (and what |han≠kass'o's grandfather, Tsatsi, told him about the dead and life after death) , education (teaching understanding) , education (children about life after death and avoiding saying the names of the dead at night) , education (and what |han≠kass'o's grandfather, Tsatsi, told him about the dead and life after death) , |han≠kass'o (what his grandfather, Tsatsi, calls the dead and told him about life after death) , spirit-people (what the dead are called) , spirit-people (and life after death) , spirit-people (what |han≠kass'o's grandfather, Tsatsi, calls the dead) , spirit-people (harm people and cause illness if their names are called) , spirit-people (teachings about)
Story Pages
8310-8312
