ǀKaggen (more accurately ǀKágge̥n or ǀKaggən,[1] sometimes corrupted to Cagn[2] and sometimes called Mantis) is a demiurge and folk hero of the San people of southern Africa.
[3] He is a trickster god who can shape shift, usually taking the form of a praying mantis but also a bull eland, a louse, a snake, and a caterpillar.
[6] He is most frequently represented as a praying mantis but also takes the form of a bull eland, a louse, a snake, and a caterpillar.
[7][8][6][9] His wife, ǀHúnntuǃattǃatte̥n (sometimes spelled as Coti[2]), is represented as a marmot or rather a Cape hyrax and is known as the mother of bees.
[13] ǀKaggen was angry, and told Gewi to put the blood from the dead eland into a pot and churn it.
[13] The Bushmen attribute the wildness of the eland to the fact that ǀKaggen's sons killed it before it was ready to be hunted, spoiling it.