What sorcerers eat

What sorcerers eat

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>Some sorcerers are said to eat the flesh of the dead. (L VIII.-15. 7304-7306). </i>|han≠kass'o is told by various <i>!giten </i>(sorcerers) whom he knows that some (bad)<i> !giten</i> eat people. They eat locusts (collected by other <i>!giten</i> for them) and flies, and force other <i>!giten</i> to eat the flesh of dead human beings.

1) |han≠kass'o heard this from '||khabbo' (||kabbo), !kuobba-an, |gui-an, ||kuen-an and also |gui-an's mother (kkebbi-an) who were all <i>!giten'</i> (sorcerers), 2) See also <i>Sorcerers are like lions</i>, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-15

story

August 1878

Custom and daily life

Healing and ailing

sorcerers ( !giten )

sorcerers ( bad )

sorcerers ( their doings and actions )

sorcerers ( 'eat' people )

sorcerers ( eat locusts )

sorcerers ( collect locusts for other sorcerers )

sorcerers ( eat dead people )

sorcerers ( eat flies )

sorcerers ( force people to eat certain things )

sorcerers ( force other sorcerers to eat the flesh of dead human beings )

flies ( are eaten by sorcerers )

locusts ( are eaten by sorcerers )

dead ( human beings )

dead ( are eaten by sorcerers )

food ( eaten by sorcerers )

name ( |xam, for sorcerers is !giten )

name ( what sorcerers eat )

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