Prayers to the Moon

Prayers to the Moon

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

kabbo (Jantje) (II)

The |xam pray to the Moon, but not the Sun. They raise their hand and speak, asking for success with hunting springbok, finding ostrich eggs and 'digging out' 'Bushman rice' the next day. The verso pages of this narrative provide further notes on the actions performed and what is said during the prayer.

1) p.221 appears not to form part of the

story

27 April 1871 (started)

Poetry

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

Custom and daily life

hunting ( and finding food )

hunting ( and prayers to Moon )

Moon ( prayer to )

Moon ( and finding food )

Moon ( and successful hunting )

Moon ( people speak to )

prayer ( to Moon )

prayer ( what is said )

prayer ( gestures performed during )

prayer ( people speak to Moon )

food ( finding and prayers to Moon )

food ( names of foods eaten by the xam )

names ( of foodstuffs eaten by the |xam )

names ( and prayers to Moon )

219-222