Rainmaking: another story of it

Rainmaking: another story of it

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

||kabbo (Jantje) (II)

<i>Rain-making: told to //kábbo by a Rain-maker who was his foster-father. (L II.-25. 2264-2319 1/2.)</i> About the rainmaker, parts of the rain, the rain and seasons and clouds and the wind. Also describes the doings of springbok and people, and different types of rain and water. The verso pages contain additional information about things relating to the rain and rainmaking.

1) Note on the inside of the front cover (Book II-25) that some parts of the story were translated in 1899, 2) Date on p.2271: 12 December; p.2310: 23 July, 3) pp.2264opp &amp; 2264v: see <i>The death of |kannu the Rain's man who was ||kabbo's person</i>, 4) See also <i>Rainmaking</i> and <i>The story of the old man who makes rain </i>and <i>Rainmaking (a version by Dia!kwain)</i> and <i>What happened when the thong (with which they were pulling at the Water's Bull) broke or Kko-kkoro's story</i>, 5) This story is found in Book II-25

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December 1872 - July 1873

The Rain and Rain's water

rain (and a story of rainmaking told to ||kabbo by a rainmaker), rain (and stars), rain (and food, hunting), rain (and Blue Crane's speech), rain (and star's digging stones), rain (and sun), rain (its new and old hair), rain (its skin), rain (and seasons), rain (and water-pits), rain (and drought), rain (the colours of), rain (its body parts), rain (its legs, hair, skin, blood, ribs), rain (and finding of food), rain (different types), rain (gentle rain), rain (killing rain), rain (the cutting of), rain (rain-clouds), rain (rain's liquid), rain (rain's scent), rain (its smell), rain (and plants and trees and growth of things), rain (and doings of), rain (and hunting of springbok), rain (and |xam), rain (properties of), rain (rain's wind), rain (rainmaking), rain (the rainmaker), rainmaker (called |kannu), rainmaker (and a story of rainmaking told to ||kabbo by a rainmaker), rainmaker ('Rain-man'), rainmaker (grandfather), rainmaker (old one), rainmaker (cuts rain), rainmaker (causes a 'killing', makes killing rain), rainmaker (name of), sky (swallows and hardens rain's hair), wind (from north), wind (the rain's wind), clouds (rain-clouds), clouds (the names of black rain-clouds), clouds (different types of), |xam (the rain and food), |xam (drink rain water), |xam (fear killing rain), |xam (ask rainmaker for rain), |xam (and hunting season), water-pit (and rain), water (and rain), water (and cooking), water (and drinking), water (water-pits and rain), stars (and rain), stars (and rainy season), stars (their digging stone's rain), stars (the 'Rice' stars), stars (names of different), Blue Crane (her speech), Blue Crane (and rain), name (a rainmaker called |kannu), name (of black rain-clouds), name (of different stars), ||kabbo (a story of rainmaking told to him by a rainmaker), ||kabbo (and a rainmaker called |kannu), ||kabbo (his personal history), speech (the Blue Crane's and rain), hunting (season and rain), hunting (springbok and rain), hunting (and a story of rainmaking), food (the rain and the finding of), food (and a story of rainmaking), food (cooking and drinking water and rain), food (hunting springbok and rain), personal history (a story of rainmaking told to ||kabbo by a rainmaker called |kannu), death (from a 'killing' rain)

2264-2319