Day's Heart

Day's Heart

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

kabbo (Jantje) (II)

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han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

The "Dawn's Heart" (the star Jupiter) has a daughter, who is identified with some neighbouring star preceding Jupiter (at the time when we asked, it was Regulus or Alpha Leonis). Her name is the "Dawn's-Heart-child," and her relation to her father is somewhat mysterious. He calls her "my heart," he swallows her, then walks alone as the only Dawn's-Heart Star, and, when she is grown up, he spits her out again. She then herself becomes another (female) Dawn's-Heart, and spits out another Dawn's-Heart-child, which follows the male and female Dawn's Heart. The mother of the latter, the first-mentioned Dawn's-Heart's wife, was the Lynx, who was then a beautiful woman, with a younger sister who carried her digging-stick after her. The Dawn's-Heart hid his child under the leaves of an edible root (!küissi), where he thought that his wife would come and find it. Other animals and the birds arrived first, and each proposed herself to the Dawn's-Heart-child as its mother; but they were mocked at by the child, until at last it recognized its own mother. Among the insulted animals were the Jackal and the Hyena, who, to revenge themselves, bewitched the mother (Lynx) with some poisoned "Bushman rice" (so-called "ants' eggs), by which means she was transformed into a lioness. In the dark, the Hyena tried to take her (the Lynx's) place in the hut, on the return of the Dawn's-Heart; but the imposture was made known to him by his sister-in-law. The Dawn's-Heart tried to stab the Hyena with his assegai, but missed her. She fled, putting her foot into the fire, and burning it severely. The bewitched wife was enticed out of the reeds by her younger sister, and then caught by her brothers, who pulled off the lion skin, so that she became a fair woman again. But in consequence of having been bewitched by "Bushman rice", she could no longer eat that, and was changed into a lynx who ate meat. This myth, which contains many minor, and some beautiful incidents, is partly given in the form of a narrative, and partly in discourses addressed by the Dawn's-Heart to his daughter, as well as in speeches made by the Hyena and her parents, after her flight home...In [this] piece, a longer narrative (of about 72 columns) is followed by very long conversations between the fugitive hyena and the burnt foot, and her mother and father, in which the mother hyena gives good advice respecting suitable marriages; and in which other things of interest to hyenas are discussed. (B V. 645-676, VI. 680-749, VII. 751-822, VIII. 823-894, IX. 895-920, 931-964, X.965-997)

1) This story takes the form of long conversations: see

story

1871-1872

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

child ( Day's Heart's )

ætiology ( of animal appearance )

ætiology ( of animal behaviour )

ætiology ( and Day's Heart )

Day's Heart ( Dawn's Heart )

Day's Heart ( star )

Day's Heart ( Jupiter )

Day's Heart ( story of )

Day's Heart ( doings of animals and )

Day's Heart ( and the conversations of animals )

Day's Heart ( the conversation of the Hyenas )

Day's Heart ( doings of )

Day's Heart ( actions of )

Day's Heart ( daughter of )

Day's Heart ( is handsome )

Day's Heart ( marries the Hyena )

Day's Heart ( relations of )

Day's Heart ( resembles daughter )

Day's Heart ( appearance of )

Day's Heart ( marries She-Lynx )

Day's Heart ( sister-in-law of )

Day's Heart ( child of )

Day's Heart ( flesh of is red )

Day's Heart ( wife of )

Day's Heart ( weapons of )

Day's Heart ( fights Hyena and Jackal )

star ( Day's Heart )

star ( Dawn's Heart )

star ( Day's Heart child )

star ( Jupiter )

Lynx ( and Day's Heart )

Lynx ( She-Lynx )

Lynx ( Day's Heart marries )

Lynx ( name of is !ko-gen !nuin )

Lynx ( accounting for appearance of )

Lynx ( -wife )

Lynx ( name is Lynx )

Lynx ( poisoned by Jackal and Hyena )

Lynx ( flesh of )

Lynx ( has woman's skin )

Lynx ( hands of )

Lynx ( feet of )

Lynx ( ear-tufts of )

Lynx ( relations of )

Lynx ( child of )

Lynx ( smells nice )

Lynx ( is 'different' )

Lynx ( becomes a Lioness )

Lynx ( grows lion-hair )

Lynx ( is female )

Lynx ( habits of )

Lynx ( doings of )

Lynx ( actions of )

Lynx ( behaviour of )

Lynx ( digs for food )

Lynx ( bites people )

Lynx ( sack of )

Lynx ( eats )

Lynx ( diet of )

Lynx ( younger sister of )

Day's Heart's child ( Dawn's Heart's )

Day's Heart's child ( appearance of )

Day's Heart's child ( angers and offends )

Day's Heart's child ( laughs )

Day's Heart's child ( mocks those who are not handsome )

Day's Heart's child ( flesh of is red )

Day's Heart's child ( beauty of )

Day's Heart's child ( colour of )

Day's Heart's child ( who resembles her Day's Heart's father )

bag ( the Day's Heart's )

bag ( springbok skin sack )

sack ( the Day's Heart's )

sack ( of springbok skin )

Hyena ( and Day's Heart )

Hyena ( and She-Lynx )

Hyena ( poisons She-Lynx with her milk )

Hyena ( foot hair of )

Hyena ( burns foot in fire )

Hyena ( saliva of )

Hyena ( milk of )

Hyena ( actions of hyenas )

Hyena ( doings of hyenas )

Hyena ( accounting for appearance of hyenas )

Hyena ( accounting for behaviour of hyenas )

Hyena ( hunting habits of hyenas )

Hyena ( the back of the hyena )

Hyena ( diet of hyenas )

Hyena ( food eaten by hyenas )

Hyena ( is ugly )

Hyena ( marries own kind )

Hyena ( must marry a hyena )

Hyena ( baying calls of hyenas )

Hyena ( relations of )

Jackal ( Day's Heart and )

Jackal ( is a bad shot )

Jackal ( 'thinking strings' of )

Jackal ( runs away )

Jackal ( and the ostrich eggs )

Jackal ( is jealous of the She-Lynx )

Jackal ( poisons the She-Lynx with her milk )

Jackal ( house of )

Jackal ( actions of jackals )

Jackal ( doings of jackals )

Jackal ( appearance of jackals )

Jackal ( accounting for behaviour of jackals )

Jackal ( hunting habits of jackals )

Jackal ( diet of jackals )

Jackal ( food eaten by jackals )

Jackal ( does not eat other jackals )

Jackal ( called a |kerre )

Jackal ( |xam name of )

Jackal ( hunting behaviour of jackals )

Jackal ( lives in a hole )

Jackal ( call of jackals )

Jackal ( must marry a jackal )

Jackal ( marries own kind )

milk ( the Hyena's )

milk ( the Jackal's )

milk ( Day's Heart and )

milk ( poisoning of the She-lynx with )

laws ( Day's Heart and )

laws ( about marrying own kind )

laws ( about marrying like )

laws ( governing behaviour of animals )

animals ( ætiology of )

animals ( accounting for appearance of )

animals ( marriage of )

animals ( the hunting of by the |xam )

animals ( hunting behaviour of )

animals ( diet of )

animals ( accounting for behaviour of )

animals ( and Day's Heart )

Leopard ( Day's Heart and )

Leopard ( hunting leopard )

Leopard ( actions of )

Leopard ( doings of )

Leopard ( habits of )

Leopard ( accounting for behaviour of hunting leopards )

Leopard ( hunting habits of hunting leopards )

Leopard ( diet of hunting leopards )

Leopard ( is another kind of beast of prey )

Leopard ( marries a hunting leopard )

Leopard ( appearance of hunting leopards )

Leopard ( eating habits of hunting leopards )

Leopard ( and the Hyena-husband )

fire ( Day's Heart and )

fire ( and the appearance of the Hyena )

Wild Dog ( Day's Heart and )

Wild Dog ( actions of )

Wild Dog ( doings of )

Wild Dog ( appearance of )

Wild Dog ( accounting for behaviour of )

Wild Dog ( habits of )

Wild Dog ( diet of )

|xam ( names of those who went with Anthing to the Cape )

Anthing ( names of |xam who went with him to the Cape )

Ostrich ( Day's Heart and )

Ostrich ( doings of )

Ostrich ( behaviour of )

Ostrich ( habits of )

Ostrich ( behaviour of )

Ostrich ( diet of )

Ostrich ( hunting of )

Ostrich ( flesh of )

Ostrich ( spoor of )

Ostrich ( house of )

Ostrich ( -wife )

river ( Little Hart River )

river ( Day's Heart )

food ( Day's Heart and )

food ( eaten by animals )

food ( eaten by the |xam )

food ( ostrich flesh )

food ( ostrich eggs )

food ( springbok meat )

food ( gemsbok meat )

food ( springbok bones )

food ( springbok fat )

food ( springbok marrow )

food ( 'Bushman rice' )

food ( cooking of )

food ( !kkuisse )

Springbok ( Day's Heart and )

Springbok ( hunting of )

Springbok ( eating of )

Black Crow ( Day's Heart and )

Black Crow ( and Day's Heart's child )

Black Crow ( house of )

Black Crow ( has no fire )

Blue Crane ( Day's Heart and )

Blue Crane ( anger of )

Blue Crane ( house of )

bird ( |konnin )

bird ( Day's Heart and )

Fieldmice ( Day's Heart and )

Vulture ( Day's Heart and )

thinking strings ( Day's Heart and )

thinking strings ( the Jackal's )

Gemsbok ( Day's Heart and )

genealogy ( |xam )

genealogy ( and Day's Heart )

names ( of |xam )

names ( of animals and Day's Heart )

names ( of food eaten by the |xam )

names ( of a river in Bushmanland )

names ( of Lynx )

names ( name of Jackal, a coward )

habits ( ætiology of animals and their )

habits ( and Day's Heart )

coward ( |xam word for )

coward ( Jackal is a |kerre )

coward ( and Day's Heart )

hunting ( of animals by people and Day's Heart )

hunting ( by the |xam )

hunting ( habits of different animals and Day's Heart )

diet ( of animals and people )

diet ( and Day's Heart )

beasts of prey ( animals that are )

beasts of prey ( and Day's Heart )

weapons ( and Day's Heart )

fight ( between Day's Heart and Hyena and Jackal )

poison ( poisoning of Lynx by Jackal and Hyena )

poison ( and Day's Heart )

different ( Lynx is )

different ( and Day's Heart )

marriage ( animals must marry own kind )

marriage ( and Day's Heart )

Bushman rice ( food eaten by the |xam )

Bushman rice ( and Day's Heart )

child ( Day's Heart's )

child ( Dawn's Heart's )

child ( appearance of )

child ( angers and offends )

child ( laughs )

child ( mocks those who are not handsome )

child ( flesh of is red )

child ( beauty of )

child ( colour of )

child ( who resembles her Day's Heart's father )

645-676, 680-749, 751-822, 823-894, 895-920, 931-964, 965-997