the Ichneumon
San · demigod · First Times / the Early Race · Recorded classification
San First-Race being, the Ichneumon (mongoose), son of the rainbow-being /Kwammang-a (san_kwammanga) and the Porcupine (san_kxo), and grandson of the trickster-creator Mantis /Kaggen. In the Bleek-Lloyd /Xam narratives he is the bossy, clever young one who is forever putting his grandfather the Mantis in his place. Click symbols rendered in ASCII.
Parentage
- paternal: Rainbow Being, Son-in-Law of the Mantis
- maternal: Porcupine, Adopted Daughter of the Mantis
Domains
- the mongoose
Powers
- outwits and corrects his grandfather the Mantis
Relations
- sibling: the younger Kwammang-aBrother of the younger Kwammang-a, the second son of /Kwammang-a and the Porcupine.Bleek, D.F., The Mantis and His Friends (1923) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Bleek, W.H.I. and Lloyd, L.C., Specimens of Bushman Folklore (1911); Bleek, D.F., The Mantis and His Friends (1923) (primary)
- parentage: Bleek-Lloyd /Xam corpus: the Porcupine and Kwammang-a have two sons, the younger Kwammang-a and the Mongoose (Ichneumon); the Ichneumon is the Mantis grandson (primary)