|kaggen (the Mantis) and the Moon: creation of the latter (version 2)

|kaggen (the Mantis) and the Moon: creation of the latter (version 2)

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

The Moon is created from a long white wing-feather of the Ostrich. After |kaggen (the Mantis) breaks the eland's gall and it blinds him, he crawls, feeling his way to the place of the Ostrich, where he finds a feather. He throws it into the sky so that it may become the Moon and light the ground for him to see in the darkness.

1) p.997v: |han≠kass'o heard this story from his maternal grandmother (≠kammi) and mother (|xabbi-an); a note on this version of the story; |kaggen was formerly a man; a note on the eland's gall which belonged to the eland |kaggen had made, 2) p.998v: The vlei (or place ) where the ostrich play, eat, assemble and sleep, and its |xam name, 3) p.999v: note on the feather that comes from the wing of the bird (the ostrich), 4) This story is found in Book X

story

25 October 1879 (started)

|kaggen (the Mantis)

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

creation ( of the Moon )

creation ( by |kaggen of the Moon )

creation ( of the Moon from an ostrich feather )

ostrich feather ( becomes the Moon )

ostrich feather ( |kaggen creates the Moon from )

|kaggen ( the Mantis )

|kaggen ( creates the Moon )

|kaggen ( is a 'devil' )

|kaggen ( was formerly a man )

|kaggen ( and the eland's gall )

|kaggen ( pierces the gall )

|kaggen ( wets the feather )

|kaggen ( throws up the feather )

|kaggen ( and an ostrich feather )

eland's gall ( |kaggen creates the Moon from )

eland's gall ( is pierced )

eland's gall ( covers |kaggen's head )

eland's gall ( from an eland |kaggen created )

ostrich ( |kaggen and the creation of the Moon )

ostrich ( name of its place )

ostrich ( its feather of thrown in sky )

ostrich ( its feather becomes the Moon )

ostrich ( |kaggen creates the Moon from its feather )

Moon ( |kaggen creates )

Moon ( creation of )

Moon ( an ostrich feather becomes )

transformation ( |kaggen and the creation of the Moon )

transformation ( of an ostrich feather into the Moon )

feather ( creation of the Moon from an ostrich feather )

feather ( |kaggen creates the Moon from an one belonging to the ostrich )

eland ( its gall and the creation of the Moon )

eland ( |kaggen and the creation of the Moon )

eland ( gall from the one created by |kaggen )

creation ( of the Moon )

creation ( |kaggen and the Moon )

place ( of the Ostrich )

place ( |kaggen and the Moon )

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