A Bushman belief about a moth called |goro, the coming of which to the fire at night foretells the slaying of an ostrich (or the finding of ostrich eggs) by one of the men

A Bushman belief about a moth called |goro, the coming of which to the fire at night foretells the slaying of an ostrich (or the finding of ostrich eggs) by one of the men

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>Successful Ostrich hunting foretold by the coming of a moth (Celœna renisigma, Walker). In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-18. 5390-5405).</i>

1) p.5389v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his mother (≠kamme-an); the finding of eggs is not part of the story, only the title; the Latin name for the |

story

8 October 1875 (started)

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

Portention

insect ( the |goro moth which foretells the killing of ostriches )

moth ( |goro )

moth ( Celœna renisigma, Walker )

moth ( 'black ostrich's' )

moth ( ostrich's )

moth ( the habits and actions of )

moth ( knows when meat is coming )

moth ( knows things before people do )

moth ( foretells the successful killing of ostrich )

moth ( foretells the finding of food )

moth ( follows the game )

moth ( resembles the ostrich )

moth ( its appearance )

moth ( teachings about )

moth ( burns in the fires )

hunting ( predictions of successful )

hunting ( and the |goro moth that foretells the killing of ostrich )

ostrich ( and its moth, the |goro )

ostrich ( predictions about finding )

ostrich ( the |goro moth foretells the killing of )

ostrich ( and finding its eggs )

ostrich ( the hunting of )

game ( its moths )

game ( its actions )

game ( predictions about finding )

game ( moths that foretell the killing of )

game ( things that know about )

game ( things that follow )

food ( the prediction of )

food ( moths which foretell the killing of ostriches )

foretell ( moths which foretell the killing of ostriches )

name ( of a moth which foretells the killing of ostriches )

name ( the |goro or ostrich's moth )

teaching ( about the |goro or ostrich's moth which foretells the killing of ostriches )

education ( the |goro or ostrich's moth foretells the killing of ostriches )

fire ( the |goro or ostrich's moth burns in the people's, predicting the successful killing of ostrich or finding of eggs )

5390-5405