The girl of the Early Race who killed the children of the Rain
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Title
The girl of the Early Race who killed the children of the Rain
Collection
Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks
Contributor
|hanǂkass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Summary
<i>The Girl (of the Early Race) who killed the Children of the Rain, bringing, thereby, severe punishment upon herself and those who lived with her. By |hanǂkass'o (L VIII.-17. 7473-7519). </i>A girl kills and eats a Water child, tidying up before her mother comes home. This happens a number of times, and eventually the Rain becomes angry and makes a whirlwind gather the hut and the girl into the pond, where she becomes a frog.
Comments
1) |hanǂkass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an) and maternal grandmother (ǂkammi), 2) p.7474v: the Water's child resembles a calf, 3) pp.7513v-7514v: see <i>Words and sentences: names of millipedes</i>, 4) See also <i>The occasion on which the story The girl of the Early Race who killed the children of the Rain was related to |hanǂkass'o</i>, 5) This story is found in Book VIII-17
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