How Xaa-ttin asked (or prayed to) the dead magician (named !nuin-|kui-ten) for rain, which was speedily bestowed

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Title

How Xaa-ttin asked (or prayed to) the dead magician (named !nuin-|kui-ten) for rain, which was speedily bestowed

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Summary

<i>A dead Sorcerer, name !nuin|kúïten, asked by the narrator's father for rain; which speedily came. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-14. 5068rev.-5078-rev.).</i>

Comments

1) Date on p.5070v: 25 July, 2) This story is found in Book V-14

Type

story

Date

July 1875

Category

The Rain and Rain's water

History (personal)

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

Keyword

Dia!kwain ( the names of his relations )

Dia!kwain ( his father Xaa-ttin's prayer for rain )

Dia!kwain ( his ancestors )

Dia!kwain ( his personal history )

Dia!kwain ( his relations )

Dia!kwain ( his father asks the dead rainmaker, !nuin-|kui-ten, for rain )

Xaa-ttin ( prays for rain )

Xaa-ttin ( Dia!kwain's father )

Xaa-ttin ( asks !nuin-|kui-ten for rain )

sorcerers ( how Xaa-ttin asked the dead magician !nuin-|kui-ten for rain )

sorcerers ( rainmakers )

sorcerers ( the actions of )

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sorcerers ( ancestors )

sorcerers ( magicians )

sorcerers ( rain- )

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sorcerers ( prayers to )

sorcerers ( people ask them for rain )

sorcerers ( !nuin-|kui-ten )

sorcerers ( the power of dead )

praying ( for rain )

praying ( how Xaa-ttin asked the dead magician !nuin-|kui-ten for rain )

!nuin-|kui-ten ( the rainmaker )

!nuin-|kui-ten ( is dead )

!nuin-|kui-ten ( Xaa-ttin asks him for rain )

!nuin-|kui-ten ( and Dia!kwain's ancestors )

!nuin-|kui-ten ( gives rain )

rain ( the rainmaker, !nuin-|kui-ten )

rain ( prayers to )

rain ( its smell )

rain ( and avoidance behaviour )

rain ( customs and rituals relating to )

rain ( and the wind )

rain ( and springbok )

rain ( its hair )

rain ( its clouds )

rain ( and people's actions )

rain ( and dead sorcerers )

rain ( and the dead rainmaker !nuin-|kui-ten )

rain ( Xaa-ttin prays for )

rain ( its sorcerers )

rain ( the people ask for )

rain ( and rainmaking )

places ( Brinkkop )

places ( and praying for rain )

places ( and rainmaking )

ancestors ( and how Xaa-ttin asked the dead magician !nuin-|kui-ten for rain )

ancestors ( dead sorcerers or rainmakers )

ancestors ( Xaa-ttin prays to his for rain )

rainmaker ( and rainmaking )

rainmaker ( the actions of )

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rainmaker ( magicians )

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rainmaker ( people ask them for rain )

rainmaker ( !nuin-|kui-ten )

rainmaker ( the power of dead )

rainmaker ( and how Xaa-ttin asked the dead magician !nuin-|kui-ten for rain )

death ( spirit-people )

death ( and how Xaa-ttin asked the dead magician !nuin-|kui-ten for rain )

death ( dead sorcerers or Rainmakers have power over the rain )

names ( of a mountain from where rain is asked for )

names ( and how Xaa-ttin asked the dead magician !nuin-|kui-ten for rain )

springbok ( and the rain )

springbok ( and how Xaa-ttin asked the dead magician !nuin-|kui-ten for rain )

spirit-people ( and how Xaa-ttin asked the dead magician !nuin-|kui-ten for rain )

spirit-people ( dead sorcerers still have power )

Story Pages

5068v-5078 1/2v and inside of back cover

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