Wisdom The story of the older sister python and the younger sister jackal The elder python sister was the wife of the kory bustard. Cory took a python as his wife, and the jackal was the python's younger sister. Both sisters went together to the lake, to the spring, and the... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom Di-Cerreten, lioness and children In ancient times, one lioness injured her chest and was sick; she could not do hard work herself. She did not have her own children, so she took the children of the ancient people into her house so th... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom How a girl of an ancient people made stars In ancient times, a girl of an ancient people - she was the first girl on earth - pretended to be sick and stayed at home. She was lying in a small hut that her mother had made for her. All the women,... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom About a rhinoceros mother and her daughters The rhinoceros had two daughters. While the rhinoceros mother was in the field, her eldest daughter’s admirers came in turn to woo her - first the jackal, then the hyena, and then the lynx. But, as so... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom A story about frogs In ancient times, one girl fell ill, she lay in a separate hut and refused the food that her mother offered her. Secretly from everyone, she killed the children of Water and ate them. Her mothers deci... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom Death of a Lizard In ancient times, Gtsau, the agama lizard, was a man of the ancient people. One day Gtsau set out on a journey; he wanted to cross the mountains. And so he walked and sang: I'm going to cross Ghuru-ts... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom About the aardvark and the lynx Aardvark lived with a lynx, whom he spoiled because he loved the lynx for its beauty and because it played the musical bow. One day the aardvark was sleeping with his head on his bow, as usual. But su... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom How children threw the sun into the sky Previously, the sun was a man who lived on earth, in his house, and his name was Sun Armpit - a radiance emanated from one of his armpits. During the day the sunlight was white and at night it was red... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom The story of Gtsontsemdima, her mother and her husband Gtsontsemdima lived with her mother and husband. They migrated, lived there, and then migrated again to another place and set up a new camp. The mother-in-law was annoyed by her son-in-law, and his li... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom About Gnerra and her husband In ancient times, when the Gnerru birds were people, one man of the ancient people married Gnerru. They went to collect termite larvae: her husband dug them out with a stick, and she put them in a bag... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom O Ghagara and Ghaunu, who fought each other with lightning In ancient times, rain was a man - Ghaunu. His wife was the younger sister of the bird Ghagara. And so Ghagara decided to take his younger sister from her husband Ghauna and went after her to take her... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Wisdom About the man who ordered his wife to cut off his ears In former times, one man of the ancient people asked his wife to cut off his ears - he wanted to be like his younger brother. In fact, his younger brother's wife simply shaved his head, removing hair,... Bushmen Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
