Rainbow Being, Son-in-Law of the Mantis

Classed as deity (a primordial First-Race being identified with the rainbow). Part of the ǀKaggen mythic family. Click symbol ǀ = dental click.

Children

• the Ichneumon
• the younger Kwammang-a

Domains

• the rainbow

Powers

• manifests in the sky as the colours of the rainbow

Relations

• companion: Mantis Trickster-CreatorReciprocal of san_kaggen.companion — Son-in-law and household-mate of the Mantis through the adopted Porcupine; no in-law kind exists, so given as companion.Bleek, The Mantis and His Friends: Bushman Folklore (1923) (primary)
• spouse: Porcupine, Adopted Daughter of the MantisIn the /Xam corpus the Porcupine, the Mantis's adopted daughter, is the wife of /Kwammang-a; their son is the Ichneumon.Bleek, The Mantis and His Friends: Bushman Folklore (1923) (primary)

Sources

• ǀKwammang-a is a being of the rainbow in /Xam mythology, husband of the Porcupine (ǀKaggen's adopted daughter) and father of the Ichneumon (mongoose) and a younger Kwammang-a; his sandal is the matter of the first eland.: Bleek, W.H.I. & Lloyd, L.C., 'Specimens of Bushman Folklore' (1911) (primary); Bleek, D.F., 'The Mantis and His Friends: Bushman Folklore' (1923) (secondary)