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Story: !kotta-kkoe, his brother, ostrich eggs and Korannas
Title
!kotta-kkoe, his brother, ostrich eggs and Korannas
Collection
Summary
The two brothers, of the Early Race, who collected ostrich eggs, and were chased by Koranna-Hottentots. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.28. 8486-8506). A story of the Early Race about a man called !kotta-kkoe who always swallows the ostrich eggs he finds, instead of putting them away. !kotta-kkoe's younger brother is more sensible and puts away the eggs in his bag. They run away from some Korannas, but !kotta-kkoe's stomach tears open from the weight of the eggs and his entrails fall into the river. !kotta-kkoe calls out to the Korannas to stop trying to kill him, as he is already dying from the huge hole in his stomach. The Korannas go after the younger brother and !kotta-kkoe draws together the edges of his stomach with a Driedoorn branch and escapes with his brother.
Comments
1) 8485v: |han≠kass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an), 2) p.8486v: what people say when they look for ostrich eggs, 3) p.8489v: eating ostrich eggs, 4) p.8494v: (11 June 1879) what the |ku (or |kuken yauki) eats, 5) p.8498v: the people seek |kui (or gambro), 6) p.8500v: the |xam term for killing a thing which is wounded (making game 'lie down'), 7) p.8502v: on using a stick to draw together the edges of a wound; the Korannas' spear is called an assegai, 8) This story is found in Book VIII-28
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
9 June 1879 (started)
Categories
History (Early Race), Relations with others
Keywords
Early Race (or First Bushmen) , Early Race (!kotta-kkoe, his brother, ostrich eggs and Korannas are all people of) , !kotta-kkoe (his brother, ostrich eggs and Korannas) , !kotta-kkoe (his escape from the Korannas) , !kotta-kkoe (his stomach makes a '!yok !yok' noise) , !kotta-kkoe (his stomach projects from the ostrich eggs) , !kotta-kkoe (is divided) , !kotta-kkoe (is not alive) , !kotta-kkoe (pretends to be dying) , !kotta-kkoe (has a hole in his stomach) , !kotta-kkoe (sharpens a Crieboom branch and closes up the skin of his stomach) , !kotta-kkoe (is a man of the Early Race) , !kotta-kkoe (swallows ostrich eggs) , !kotta-kkoe (tricks the Korannas) , !kotta-kkoe (he and his brother 'seeking go' for ostrich eggs) , ostrich eggs (and !kotta-kkoe, his brother and Korannas) , ostrich eggs (make a '!yok !yok' noise in !kotta-kkoe's stomach) , ostrich eggs (making soup from) , ostrich eggs (!kotta-kkoe's brother drinks them in soup) , ostrich eggs (drinking them using a gemsbok tail brush) , ostrich eggs (stood visible in !kotta-kkoe's stomach) , ostrich eggs (people 'seeking go') , ostrich eggs (collected by !kotta-kkoe and his brother) , ostrich eggs (swallowed whole by !kotta-kkoe) , ostrich eggs (fall out of !kotta-kkoe's torn stomach) , Korannas (!kotta-kkoe, his brother, ostrich eggs and) , Korannas (!kotta-kkoe escapes from) , Korannas (people fear) , Korannas (chase !kotta-kkoe and his brother) , Korannas (at the time of the Early Race) , Korannas (who are deceived by !kotta-kkoe) , Korannas (carry assegais) , weapons (carried by Korannas) , weapons (!kotta-kkoe, his brother, ostrich eggs and Korannas) , weapons (Korannas carry assegais) , food (eating ostrich eggs) , food (making soup out of ostrich eggs) , food (drinking ostrich eggs using a gemsbok tail brush) , food (!kotta-kkoe, his brother, ostrich eggs and Korannas)
Story Pages
8486-8506
