Habits of porcupines

Habits of porcupines

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>Different customs concerning the eating of the Porcupine. (L VII.-6. 6590 rev.-6594 rev.). Certain persons not allowed to eat the tail of the Porcupine. (L VIII.-16. 7405-7409, 7408 rev. and 7409 rev.). A part of the Porcupine is used to prevent the evil consequences of eating !kùï. (L VIII.-16. 7450 rev., note). </i>A story describing the habits of porcupines and the eating of them. The porcupine seeks food away from its hole and returns to a different hole.

1) From |han≠kass'o's personal knowledge, 2) This story is found in Book VIII-16

story

8 September 1878 (started)

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

porcupine (its habits and actions), porcupine (the name of its hole), porcupine (its return to its hole), porcupine (its faculties), porcupine ('bewitching' its return), porcupine (its spoor), porcupine (returns to a different hole), porcupine (the hunting of), porcupine (the eating of), porcupine (the parts that are eaten), porcupine (men do not eat the tail), porcupine (eating its tail is avoided), porcupine (and the wind), porcupine (smells the hunters on the wind), porcupine (waiting for), porcupine (seeks food at night), hunting (and the habits of porcupines), hunting (methods), hunting (waiting for porcupine), hunting (observances), hunting (eating the porcupine's tail is avoided), name (of the porcupine's hole), food (eating porcupine and hunting observances), food (the parts of the porcupine that are eaten), food (eating the porcupine's tail is avoided), food (hunters do not eat the tail), food (and the habits of porcupines), wind (porcupine smells the hunters on), wind (and the habits of porcupines)

7405-7408