- THE ELEPHANT - THE GIRAFFE - THE ZEBRA Khwara - THE PANGOLIN Khuwadzi - THE RIVER BIRD Tshiruxwe - THE HAMMERHEAD - THE LIGHTNING BIRD Clay or wooded models of several animals are shown, and milayo are given.   Wooden model of an elephant. Wooden model of a hammerhead and a leopard. The leopard's spots are just visible.   Lesson The milayo of the elephant, giraffe and zebra are respectively Nos. 168, 169 and 176. Khuwadzi is a bird found along the larger river: it has a "white breast, a black back, and a wide wing spread" (van Warmelo 1937 :104). Its excrement is like white chalk and is used for medicine and magic. The lightning bird is said to be red in colour.    Milayo  271 Khulu yo bvuma : fhasi ya vhea malivha [mativha] the great one thundered above: and down below it made pools of water. Khwara pangolin. (The pangolin is believed to bring rain.)  272 Khuwadzi yo nyela dzivhani the river bird let its droppings fall into the river pool: Muthu o lala na musadzi a rundela ngomu: ngei ngomu ndi tivhani when a man sleeps with a womanand ejaculates inside her: the insideof the woman is like a river pool. Musi u tshi mu , a u zwi vhoni wo posa dzivhani when you give her a child, you do not see what you shot into the pool.  273 Lunganga lwa haya the little home-doctor: (See milayo Nos. 9 and 10.) Tshiruxwe hammerhead.  274 Masie wa Muhovheleli, o hovha na zwa kulekule: lufhafha lwo guma Muledzhi the deserter of Muhovheleli, who reached out a great distance to the ground: [so that] his wings swallowed Muledzhi: the lightening bird. (note)  To return, click 'Back' in the browser. Next