Myth and meaning
San-Bushman folklore in global context
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J.D. Lewis-Williams, one of the leading South African archaeologists and ethnographers, examines the complex myths of the San Bushmen to create a larger theory of how myth is used in cultures worldwide. Exploring ethnographic, archival and archaeological lines of research, he extracts the ‘nuggets’, the far-reaching but often unspoken words and concepts of language and understanding that are opaque to outsiders, to establish a more nuanced theory of the role of these myths in the thought-world and social circumstances of the San. The book draws from the author’s own work, the unique 19th-century Bleek & Lloyd Archive, more recent ethnographic work, and San rock art. It includes well-known San stories such as The Broken String, Mantis Dreams and Creation of the Eland.
