Notebooks
Story: Locust birds
Title
Locust birds
Collection
Summary
Locust birds not to be molested; etc. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-31. 8763-8765, 8763 rev. and 8764 rev.). |han≠kass'o's grandfather ordered him not to throw stones at the locust birds, for if he did the locusts (and the locust birds) would disappear.
Comments
1) p.8764v: people's arms become sore from throwing stones at swallows and locust birds; Tsatsi was not 'patient', 2) See also Throwing stones at locusts and The locust bird or ||kerri, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-31
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
23 August 1879
Categories
History (personal), Plants and animals
Keywords
locusts (the locust birds are their things) , locusts (and locust bird or ||kerri) , locusts (if the locust bird is killed they disappear) , locusts (prohibitions relating to) , locust birds (||kerri) , locust birds (and |han≠kass'o's grandfather, Tsatsi) , locust birds (prohibitions relating to) , locust birds (the treatment of) , locust birds (respecting) , locust birds (throwing stones at) , locust birds (if they are killed the locusts and the birds disappear and people become ill) , locust birds (are locust's things) , locust birds ('locust's little birds they are') , illness (of the throwing arm) , illness (caused by the ill-treatment of swallows and locust birds) , illness (and the killing of locust birds) , stones (throwing them at locust birds causes illness and is prohibited) , stones (|han≠kass'o told not to throw them at locust birds by Tsatsi) , |han≠kass'o (about his maternal grandfather, Tsatsi) , |han≠kass'o (his personal history) , |han≠kass'o (how Tsatsi told him not to throw stones at locust birds) , Tsatsi (|han≠kass'o's maternal grandfather) , Tsatsi (told |han≠kass'o not to throw stones at locust birds) , Tsatsi (his behaviour) , Tsatsi (his temperament) , Tsatsi ('was not wont to be patient') , Tsatsi (his personal history) , personal history (of Tsatsi and |han≠kass'o) , personal history (|han≠kass'o's grandfather Tsatsi ordered him not to throw stones at the locust birds) , name (the locust bird is called the ||kerri) , bird (the locust bird or ||kerri) , respect (for the locust bird or ||kerri) , teaching (of children about respecting the locust bird or ||kerri) , teaching (|han≠kass'o's grandfather Tsatsi ordered him not to throw stones at the locust birds) , education (of children about respecting the locust bird or ||kerri) , education (|han≠kass'o's grandfather Tsatsi ordered him not to throw stones at the locust birds)
Story Pages
8763-8765
