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ID: 901002627
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002627
Record Type: Character/Person

Gaunab (Khoekhoen deity)

Note: Spirit of death In Khoekhoe mythology.

Names:
Gaunab (Khoekhoen deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<African iconography> (P)
........<African characters> (P)
............Gaunab (Khoekhoen deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... spirit (being)
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Khoi Khoi
.....(Khoisan-speaking peoples styles, Southern African, African by cultural or regional designation, African (general, continental cultures), styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... death
.....(personal life events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Gaunab (Khoekhoen deity)
................National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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