The Lion becomes a star

The Lion becomes a star

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

a!kunta (Stoffel) (I)

The (two) Lions, which was the name given to us (by our first informants) for the Pointers to the Southern Cross, were formerly men, and at the same time lions. (LII. -1. 277 and 278) One of them became a star, because a girl looked at him; and the other lion also became a star. They now stand silent, not far from the lionesses, who sit silent. (L II.-1. 237-240). A shorter notice (B I. 303) refers also to this conception; but there is evidently much more mythological fiction connected with these lions than we know; and it is probably on this account that the meaning of what we have already noted down is not yet clear to us.

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story

1871

History (Early Race)

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

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star ( is a Lion )

star ( the Lion )

star ( the two Lions or pointers to the Southern Cross )

Lion ( becomes a star )

Lion ( the two Lions )

Lion ( names of the two Lions )

Lion ( two Lions or pointers to the Southern Cross )

Lion ( stands in the sky )

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Lion ( is a star )

transformation ( of the Lion into a star )

names ( of the two Lions )

Early Race ( the Lion becomes a star )

First Bushmen ( see Early Race )

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