Butterflies and !giten

Butterflies and !giten

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>Illness, for which the Doctor is called in, believed to be caused by butterflies. The narrator's personal experience of this. Bushman children not allowed to throw stones at butterflies. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-20. 7753-7752. rev. and 7753 rev.).</i> A <i>!gixa</i> (healer) 'snores' the afflicted person and draws the butterfly out, sneezing it out of his or her nostrils afterwards. A healer or 'doctoress' called |xu-an 'snored' lhan≠kass'o's ear and removed butterflies.

1) This story is found in Book VIII-20

story

17 October 1878 (started)

Healing and ailing

History (personal)

Custom and daily life

|han≠kass'o ( was healed or 'snored' by the 'doctoress', |xu-an )

|han≠kass'o ( butterflies were snored out of his head and ear )

snoring ( of |han≠kass'o )

snoring ( of butterflies )

snoring ( by a healer or sorcerer )

snoring ( of illness caused by butterflies )

snoring ( and sneezing out of nostrils )

healer ( sorcerer )

healer ( 'snores' butterflies out )

healer ( cures illness caused by butterflies )

healer ( !gixa )

healer ( or 'Bushman doctor' )

healer ( called |xu-an )

healer ( who 'snored' butterflies out of |han≠kass'o )

healer ( and 'snoring' )

healer ( and 'sneezing' )

healer ( healing by )

healer ( doctoring by )

healer ( curing by )

healer ( called |xu-an )

healer ( and butterflies )

butterflies ( and !giten )

butterflies ( cause illness )

butterflies ( are 'snored' out of a person by a healer )

butterflies ( a 'doctoress' called |xu-an 'snored' |han≠kass'o )

butterflies ( children not to throw stones at )

name ( a 'doctoress' called |xu-an )

name ( |xam call sorcerers !giten )

name ( butterflies and !giten )

sneezing ( out of illness caused by butterflies )

sneezing ( butterflies and !giten )

sneezing ( and healing by healers or sorcerers )

illness ( caused by butterflies )

illness ( butterflies and !giten )

illness ( 'snored' by healers or sorcerers )

personal history ( of |han≠kass'o )

personal history ( |han≠kass'o was healed or 'snored' by the 'doctoress', |xu-an )

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