!yoa-ka-ttu, the Blue Crane and the girls

!yoa-ka-ttu, the Blue Crane and the girls

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>!yoa-ka-ttu, the Blue Crane, and the Girls of the early race. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-29. 8526-8554). </i>A creature called !yoa-ka-ttu (or Bad-smelling-mouth, a person of the Early Race) lies in the branches of the <i>!khi</i> tree. The Blue Crane and some girls (of the Early Race) sit in the shade of the same tree and !yoa-ka-ttu breaks wind. They leave, and !yoa-ka-ttu runs after the girls with his assegai. The Blue Crane protects them and is killed and rises up many times. Eventually !yoa-ka-ttu returns to his !khi tree and the Blue Crane returns home.

1) Date on p. 8534: 21 June, 2) 8525v: |han≠kass'o heard this from his mother (|xabbi-an); <i>!haken</i> resembles 'Bushman rice'; a note about the <i>!khi</i> tree, 3) p.8526v: the Blue Crane is a person of the Early Race and is the elder sister of |kaggen, 4) p.8528v: see <i>Difference between |xam and European methods of articulation</i>, 5) p.8544v: |xam expressions for cutting off meat, 6) This story is found in Book VIII-29

story

story given between 17 and 24 June 1879

History (Early Race)

Blue Crane ( and !yoa-ka-ttu and the girls )

Blue Crane ( !yoa-ka-ttu, who cuts off her head and shoulders )

Blue Crane ( her body parts rejoin )

Blue Crane ( calls out 'I am coming!' to !yoa-ka-ttu )

Blue Crane ( is an old woman and accompanies the girls )

Blue Crane ( does not die )

Blue Crane ( protects and covers the girls with her body and wings )

Blue Crane ( is |kaggen's elder sister )

Blue Crane ( is a person of the Early Race )

!yoa-ka-ttu ( and the Blue Crane and the girls )

!yoa-ka-ttu ( or 'Bad-smelling-mouth' )

!yoa-ka-ttu ( runs after the girls to kill them )

!yoa-ka-ttu ( cuts off the Blue Crane's shoulder and head )

!yoa-ka-ttu ( is a man of the Early Race )

!yoa-ka-ttu ( smells bad, like a 'decayed thing' )

!yoa-ka-ttu ( breaks wind )

!yoa-ka-ttu ( lies in the !khi tree )

!yoa-ka-ttu ( tries to kill the Blue Crane who does not die )

!yoa-ka-ttu ( stabs the Blue Crane with his assegai )

girls ( !yoa-ka-ttu, the Blue Crane and )

girls ( sit in the shade of the !khi tree )

girls ( are protected by the Blue Crane )

girls ( of the Early Race )

girls ( dig for !haken )

girls ( the Blue Crane covers them with her body )

|kaggen ( the Mantis )

|kaggen ( the Blue Crane is his elder sister )

|kaggen ( and !yoa-ka-ttu, the Blue Crane and the girls )

Early Race ( !yoa-ka-ttu, the Blue Crane and the girls are people of )

tree ( called !khi )

tree ( the !khi and !yoa-ka-ttu who lies in it )

tree ( the girls sit in the shade of the !khi )

tree ( !yoa-ka-ttu, the Blue Crane and the girls )

name ( of a tree )

name ( called !khi and !yoa-ka-ttu who lies in it )

name ( !yoa-ka-ttu is also called 'Bad-smelling-mouth' )

8526-8554