Mitos y creencias de los bosquimanos /xam: Relatos orales acerca del león APÉNDICE II TRANSCRIPCIÓN DIPLOMÁTICA DEL MITO DEL CACHORRO DE LEÓN
(2354) went (and) killed a young gemsbok. He (the man) ran up to the young lion. The young lion came forward; the young lion met him. He spoke very angrily to it; the young lion cantered turning back. (2355) It, going, looked <growled>. The man shuddering <trembling> reached the young gemsbok, [Jan. 9th] while <it> he (the little lion) lay down. The man dragged away the young gemsbok; he dragged the young gemsbok away to the !khui15 (a large the young gemsbok to tree). He (2356) laid down the young gemsbok; the young lion looked at him; he scolded the young lion. He called the young lion's different name, which he was the one who had called it (i.e. had given it). That young lion's name, with which he made a dog of the young lion; (2357) that he might always, calling use it. The young lion listened to the young lion's name. The young lion thought that it was a young lion. He It heard its name which (was) !Kui-sse-!khwi-/ku.16 It lay looking at the man who had carried it off, (2358) when it was little. The man called its name; the man called enticing (?)17 it, that it might listen to its name. The man took up little sticks <bushes> (in order) that he might lay the <young gemsbok (upon them),> that he might cut up laying <(upon them> the young gemsbok. He cut (2359) off the young gemsbok's lungs; he called . . . . . . . . .; . . . . . . . . . galloped forward. He threw the lungs to meet . . . . . . . . .; . . . . . . . . . {caught / took} them; it (2360) swallowed them <down>. . . . . . . . . . looked hard <steadfastly> at him. He scolded . . . . . . . . .; he took the young gemsbok's heart; he called . . . . . . . . .; he gave to . . . . . . . . . the young gemsbok's heart; !Kui-sse-!khwi-/ku (2361) caught hold of his hand; . . . . . . . . . caught hold of his hand together (with the heart). He hastily snatched away his hand from the middle <inside> of . . . . . . . . .'s mouth; while . . . . . . . . . swallowed down18 (2362) the young gemsbok's heart. He said, «Why is it that this young dog is catching hold of my hand?» He cut off the young gemsbok's neck; he gave it to . . . . . . . . . !Kuisse-!khwi-/ku (2363) came catching <(and) caught> hold of his hand; he again, he hastily snatched away his hand. He took up (his) stick, he threatened . . . . . . . . .; . . . . . . . . . sprang away with the the young gemsbok's neck. (2364) He (the man) thinks thought that he must go away, while 15
(2355') «Wolle doorn» a great tree, D. H. says, ) not brittle & not strong) It is like the «Koker boom», of which the Bushmen make their quivers. 16 (2357') This is his name as a dog. 17 (2358') The man thought to make it love him D.H. says; the man thought that his dog would love him, {if / when} <the dog> is heard that the man called its name; while the man did that which we always are used to do, when we hear that a dog growls at us, we call the dog's name. 18 (2361') mus. inton:
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