The Mantis Assumes The Form Of A Hartebeest
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Author / Collector:
W. H. I. Bleek
Book:
Specimens of Bushman Folklore
Publisher:
George Allen & Company, Ltd, London
Year:
1911
Country:
Generic
License:
Public Domain (copyright expired)
Editor's Notes:
n/a
The Mantis Assumes The Form Of A Hartebeest: disguise, transformation, trickster, deception, animal form, myth
Subject:
The Mantis Assumes The Form Of A Hartebeest
He formerly wished (his) wife to cut off his ears, for his younger brother's head had surely been skinned; whereas his younger brother's wife had only shaved his younger brother's head.
Therefore, (his) wife cut away his ears; although (his) wife had said that she would not do so; he was the one who insisted (upon it).
Therefore, (his) wife cut off his ears; and he was screaming, on account of his skin, while he himself had been the one who wished the wife to do so; for his younger brother's head had surely been skinned; whereas his younger brother had merely had his head shaved; while (his) wife shaved, removing the old hair.
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