Haiseb
Haiseb (also known as Haitsi Aibeb or Heitsi Eibib) is a culture hero and trickster figure from the Khoekhoe, Dama, and Haiǁom peoples of western Namibia. He is remembered through stories, songs, and distinctive cairns of piled stones found throughout the landscape. Colonial accounts describe the Khoekhoe as believing that Haiseb was buried in these stone piles, but because he came to life again, his body never remained in any single cairn. The many piles of stones across the landscape reflect his many episodes of death and rebirth. Haiseb is profoundly ambiguous combining light and dark eleme