The crying of the wind is an evil omen

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Title

The crying of the wind is an evil omen

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Summary

The crying of the Wind believed to forebode evil. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-23. 5841-5845).

Comments

1) p.5840v: Dia!kwain was told this by his mother (≠kamme-an); the wind's crying sounds like the howling of a dog, 2) pp.5842v-5845v: see |

Type

story

Date

January 1876

Category

Custom and daily life

Portention

Keyword

wind ( its crying is an evil omen )

wind ( foretells evil )

wind ( the noises it makes )

wind ( foretells death and misfortune )

wind ( brings bad news )

wind ( howls )

wind ( sounds like a dog )

wind ( imitates the crying of people )

wind ( feels that people will cry )

wind ( and sorrow )

wind ( accounting for the noise it makes )

death ( crying of the wind is an evil omen of )

death ( the crying wind foretells )

death ( omens of )

presentiment ( the crying wind and death )

presentiment ( the wind and forebodings of evil )

omen ( crying of the wind is an evil )

omen ( of death )

Story Pages

5841-5845

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