Customs and Beliefs of the |xam (Hardback)

Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction to the second edition Contributors to Customs and Beliefs of the |xam |xam speech People in the notebooks PART 1 BABOONS The baboon narratives Baboons and the Early Race Special powers of baboons Respecting baboons Narratives PART 2 THE LION Lions are people too The extraordinary powers of lions Respect for lions Lions and sorcery Narratives PART 3 GAME ANIMALS Respecting the game The potency of game animals Narratives PART 4 OMENS, WINDMAKING, CLOUDS Relationships with the wind Winking The wind Narratives PART 5 RAIN ?khw?? and the rain The riders of the rain ?khw?? and women Respecting the rain Taking care of the community Narratives PART 6 RAINMAKING Fetching the rain Hilltops: places of power Angry rainmakers Narratives PART 7 SORCERORS The anatomy of sorcery Relations between ?gi?t?n and ordinary people The ?nu ?k?e, the spirit people Narratives PART 8 MORE ABOUT SORCERORS AND CHARMS The breaking of the string The old woman and the chameleon Vegetable medicines and charms Narratives PART 9 SPECIAL SPEECH OF ANIMALS AND MOON The Early Race Storytelling Narratives APPENDIX 1: DOROTHEA F. BLEEK'S BUSHMAN GRAMMAR Introduction by Tom Gueldemann ?xam Bushman Grammar by Dorothea Bleek APPENDIX 2: SUMMARY OF THE NARRATIVES REFERENCES INDEX