A Rain story

A Rain story

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>An account of rain-making by means of dragging a water-animal over the land, in illustration of a Bushman painting copied by Mr J.M. Orpen (</i>

1) p.4089v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his father (Xaa-ttin or Jacob), 2) p.4099: a different version of this part of the story given when Lloyd had trouble understanding the first taking of the tale, 3) 4110v: the waterbull is a 'strong thing', not a 'light thing', 4) p.4116v: the rainmaker of the story is also called a

story

16 January 1875 (started)

The Rain and Rain's water

waterbull ( and a Rain story )

waterbull ( methods of catching )

waterbull ( and rainmaking )

waterbull ( ensuring its capture )

waterbull ( and buchu )

waterbull ( losing )

waterbull ( and failure of the rain-sorcerer )

waterbull ( and the old rain-sorcerer )

waterbull ( the thong breaks )

waterbull ( is a strong thing )

waterbull ( at water-hole )

waterbull ( is led with a thong )

waterbull ( its nature and habits )

waterbull ( and night )

waterbull ( its house )

waterbull ( working with )

rainmakers ( and a rain story )

rainmakers ( rain-sorcerers )

rainmakers ( !giten )

rainmakers ( teach people to help them )

rainmakers ( and waterbull )

rainmakers ( and catching and leading of the waterbull )

rainmakers ( who are old )

rainmakers ( unsuccessful )

rainmakers ( their work )

rainmakers ( and thong )

rainmakers ( use buchu )

rainmakers ( that are real sorcerers )

rainmakers ( and broken thong )

rainmakers ( who lose waterbull )

rainmakers ( criticism of )

thong ( and a rain story )

thong ( used for leading waterbull )

thong ( that breaks )

thong ( the old sorcerer's )

thong ( and rainmaking )

thong ( and buchu )

buchu ( and a rain story )

buchu ( and work with waterbull )

buchu ( and thong )

buchu ( used by rain-sorcerer )

buchu ( and rainmaking )

rain ( a Rain story )

rain ( rainmaking )

rain ( the work with waterbull )

rain ( its sorcerers )

education ( rainmakers teach people to help them )

education ( and a Rain story )

name ( used for rainmakers is !giten )

old ( treatment of the old rainmaker )

old ( and the old rain-sorcerer whose thong breaks )

work ( of the rainmakers )

work ( and a Rain story )

work ( leading the waterbull )

work ( how the rainmakers lie in wait for a waterbull at the spring )

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