ed there.
{203b} Thunberg also heard of the worship of the mantis, or grey
grasshopper. In 1803 Liechtenstein noted the cairn-worship, and was told
that a renowned Hottentot doctor of old times rested under the cairn.
Appleyard's account of 'the name God in Khoi Khoi, or Hottentot,'
deserves quoting in full:--

Hottentot: Tsoei'koap.
Namaqua: Tsoei'koap.
Koranna: Tshu'koab, and the author adds: 'This is the word from which
the Kafirs have probably derived their u-Tixo, a term which they have
universally applied, like the Hottentots, to designate the Divine
Being, since the introduction of Christianity. Its derivation is
curious. It consists of two words, which together mean the "wounded
knee." It is said to have been originally applied to a doctor or
sorcerer of considerable notoriety and skill amongst the Hottentots or
Namaquas some generations back, in consequence of his having received
some injury in his knee. Having been held in high repute for
extraordinary powers during life, he appeared to be invoked even after
death, as one who could still relieve and protect; and hence, in
process of time, he became nearest in idea to their first conceptions
of God.'

Other missionaries make old Wounded Knee a good sort of being on the
whole, who fights Gaunab, a bad being. Dr. Moffat heard that 'Tsui Kuap'
was 'a notable warrior,' who once received a wound in the knee. Sir
James Alexander {204} found that the Namaquas believed their 'great
father' lay below the cairns on which they flung boughs. This great
father was Heitsi Eibib, and, like other medicine-men, 'he could take
many forms.' Like Tsui Goab, he died several times and rose again. Hahn
gives (p. 61) a long account of the Wounded Knee from an old chief, and a
story of the battle between Tsui Goab, who 'lives in a beautiful heaven,'
and Gaunab, who 'lives in a dark heaven.' As this chief had dwelt among
missionaries very long, we may perhaps discount his remarks on 'heaven'
as borrowed. Hahn thinks they refer to the red sky in which Tsui Goab
lived, and to the black sky which was the home of Gaunab. The two
characters in this crude religious dualism thus inhabit light and
darkness respectively.

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As far as we have gone, Tsui Goab, like Heitsi Eibib among the Namas, is
a dead sorcerer, whose graves are worshipped, while, with a common
inconsistency, he is also thought of as dwelling in the sky.