Horns burnt for rain

Horns burnt for rain

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>Horns to be burnt, when the weather looks very threatening. (L VIII.-23. 8030 and 8031).</i>

1) p.8029v: (4 December 1878) |han≠kass'o heard this story from his maternal grandfather (Tsatsi); the removal of skin from horns, 2) p.8030v: the scent of the burning horn rises in the smoke and disperses the rain-clouds, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-23

story

4 December 1878 (started)

The Rain and Rain's water

Custom and daily life

Artefact and dress

horns ( their scent 'does not smell nicely' )

horns ( the smoke of disperses rain-clouds )

horns ( are burnt for rain )

horns ( their outer layer or outer covering is burnt )

horns ( are burnt to divide rain-clouds )

rain ( when angry it 'makes war' )

rain ( its clouds become green )

rain ( its darkness resembles night )

rain ( horns are burnt to divide or divide its clouds )

springbok ( their horns are burnt to disperse the rain-clouds )

clouds ( rain-clouds )

clouds ( horns burnt to disperse or divide )

rain-clouds ( 'wax green' )

rain-clouds ( horns are burnt to divide and disperse )

smoke ( from burnt horn divides rain-clouds )

8030-8031