ǀKaggen
deity San people of southern Africa single tradition · 1
ǀKaggen (more accurately ǀKágge̥n or ǀKaggən, sometimes corrupted to Cagn and sometimes called Mantis) is a demiurge and folk hero of the San people of southern Africa. He is a trickster god who can shape shift, usually taking the form of a praying mantis but also a bull eland, a louse, a snake, and a caterpillar.
When
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- manifests as
- praying mantis, bull eland, louse, snake, caterpillar
- consort of
- ǀHúnntuǃattǃatte̥n
Mentioned by
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wikipedia (1)
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“The scholar David Lewis-Williams recounts a variation of the eland myth involving the meerkats. ǀKaggen's daughter the porcupine married the meerkat, kwammang-a. They had the mongoose as a son. The mongoose was close to his grandfather ǀKaggen.”
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