Story of the Moon and the Hare: a version by Dia!kwain

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Summary

...the Hare announces to the Moon the death of the Moon's mother, thereby causing his wrath, etc. (L IV.-4. 3886-3889) A story about the origin of death in which the Moon's mother dies and the Moon tells the Hare that it shall cry because his mother is altogether dead and will not return. The Moon beats the Hare's mouth for contradicting him and telling the people that they will not return to life again when they die.

Comments

1) p.3885v: this version of the story is told by Dia!kwain who heard it from his mother (≠kamme-an), 2) There are three versions of this story in this notebook (IV-4); see also Story of the Moon and the Hare: a version at first by ≠kasin and then by Dia!kwain and Story of the Moon and the Hare: a version by ≠kasin, 3) This story is found in Book IV-4

Type

story

Date

January 1874

Category

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

History (Early Race)

Keyword

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