What is done by the Bushmen (men and women) in an eclipse of the sun

What is done by the Bushmen (men and women) in an eclipse of the sun

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>What Bushmen do when an eclipse of the sun takes place. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-28. 8438-8441).</i>

1) p.8438opp: |han≠kass'o observed these practices himself; how people describe the eclipse, 2) This story is found in Book VIII-28

story

24 May 1879

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

Custom and daily life

sun ( what is done in an eclipse )

sun ( goes into the sky )

sun ( becomes large )

sun ( stands in the sky )

sun ( its shade )

sun ( the people fear an eclipse )

sun ( and the hunting-ground )

sun ( its haze, or mist )

sun ( goes in and leaves people in darkness )

sun ( 'shuts people from home' )

sun ( how people make it come out )

sun ( how people describe an eclipse )

eclipse ( of the sun )

eclipse ( what is done when there is one )

eclipse ( when the sun goes into the sky )

eclipse ( the people beat together sticks and shoes during )

eclipse ( what men and women do )

eclipse ( how people make the sun come out )

eclipse ( when the sun becomes small )

eclipse ( what the people call it )

darkness ( and why the |xam fear the sun )

darkness ( and when the sun goes in )

darkness ( 'shuts people from home' )

darkness ( traps people on the hunting-ground )

darkness ( and an eclipse of the sun )

mist ( the sun's action resembles )

mist ( is the sun's shade )

mist ( what is done in an eclipse of the sun )

name ( what the people call an eclipse of the sun )

shade ( mist is the sun's )

shade ( and an eclipse of the sun )

8438-8441