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
