Bryant 1905, p. 100: um-Dhlebe, Certain bush (Synadenium arborescens), the smell of which when in flower is said by the Natives to be fatal to one inhaling it. Bryant, A. T. (1905). A Zulu-English dictionary. The Mariannhill Mission Press.
Bryant 1905, p. 55: um-Bulelo(Bhulelo), Certain class of poisons or injurious medicines placed in a kraal, along paths, etc., by an umtakati, for the purpose of causing fatal disease in those who should come in contact with them. Bryant, A. T. (1905). A Zulu-English dictionary. The Mariannhill Mission Press.
Bryant 1905, p. 100 um-DhlebeN.B: The bark of this tree, mixed with other ingredients, makes a powerful um-Bulelo, and the doctor when cutting it, must first smear his hands with the bile of a goat, then approaching from the windward side, let fly his axe at the trunk of the tree and so chip out small pieces. Bryant, A. T. (1905). A Zulu-English dictionary. The Mariannhill Mission Press.
Bryant 1905, p. 55 um-BuleloN.B: If the umxanyana womfaxi (the placenta of a woman) and the umhlapo wehashi (that of a horse) be mix together with idhlaligwavuma (human fat) and umdhlebe (a poisonous bush) and umopo (a certain sea-animal) and ifelakona (a certain mullusc) and one or two other ingredients, a powerful umbhulelo will be prepared! Bryant, A. T. (1905). A Zulu-English dictionary. The Mariannhill Mission Press.
Berglund 1976, p. 279: Berglund describes the creation of an umkhovu, a kind of witch's familiar: simply strike the grave with a branch of umdlebe (Synadenium arborescens), and call the deceased by name. "Then the dead man rises out of the grave, coming out with the feet first." The deceased is crippled by driving a sharpened stick of umdlebe through the body, the stick entering the head through the fontanel and coming out of the anus. Berglund, A. (1976). Zulu thought-patterns and symbolism. C.Hurst.
Bryant 1905, p. 607: um-Takati (Thakathi), Person habitually given to secret poisoning, bewitching, etc. Bryant, A. T. (1905). A Zulu-English dictionary. The Mariannhill Mission Press.
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