Rainmaking (a version by Dia!kwain)

Rainmaking (a version by Dia!kwain)

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>An account of rain-making by means of dragging a water-animal over the land, in illustration of a Bushman painting copied by Mr J.M. Orpen (</i>Cape Monthly Magazine<i> for July, 1874, frontispiece), was given, in the Katkop dialect, by Dia!kwãin, who had it from his mother (BXXVII. 2540-2608). The beginning of this was repeated by him (L V.-3. 4075-4085), and two other accounts of rain-making were also given by him (L V.-3. 4086-4121).</i> Rainmakers (<i>!giten</i>) lead out a waterbull and kill it on the place where it must rain (note on p.4077v: 'The water's bull's blood is water'. Its flesh and blood are thrown onto the places where the rain must fall); how the people should behave if they want the rain to fall.

1) p.4074v: Dia!kwain's parents told him about the colour of the waterbull's horns (black at the bottom and white at the top, as if scraped); the name of an onion-like plant, the root of which is eaten by people, 2) p.4077v: the waterbull's blood is water, 3) See also <i>What happened when the thong (with which they were pulling at the Water's Bull) broke </i>or<i> Kko-kkoro's story</i> and <i>A rain story </i>and<i> Rainmaking: another story of it </i>and<i> Rainmaking</i>, 4) This story is found in Book V-3

story

14 January 1875 (started)

The Rain and Rain's water

water ( and plants )

water ( water's animals )

water ( water's people )

water ( and rainmaking )

water ( the waterbull's blood is water )

rain ( and water's people )

rain ( its sorcerers )

rain ( and waterbull )

rain ( and rainmaking )

rain ( and actions of people )

rain ( and lightning )

rain ( and clouds )

rain ( comes at place where bull is killed )

rain ( and finding food )

rain ( its place )

rain ( and plants )

rain ( the rain-bull )

rain ( rain-animals )

rain ( rain-beast )

waterbull ( its blood is water )

waterbull ( its flesh and blood )

waterbull ( its killing place and rain )

waterbull ( and actions of rainmakers )

waterbull ( the leading of )

waterbull ( its colour )

waterbull ( its horns )

waterbull ( and rain-making )

rainmakers ( !giten )

rainmakers ( rain sorcerers )

rainmakers ( water's people )

rainmakers ( lead and kill waterbull )

rainmakers ( and rainmaking )

rainmakers ( the people's treatment of )

rainmakers ( their work )

rainmakers ( respecting )

sorcerer ( see rainmaker )

respect ( for rainmakers )

respect ( and rain-making )

food ( finding and the rain )

food ( and rain-making )

blood ( of the waterbull )

blood ( the waterbull's blood is water )

blood ( and rain-making )

name ( for rainmakers is !giten )

colour ( of the waterbull )

colour ( and rain-making )

rain-making ( and a painting copied by Mr J.M. Orpen )

rain-making ( a version by Dia!kwain )

rain-making ( rainmakers lead out a waterbull and kill it )

place ( where the rain must fall )

place ( the 'killing place' )

place ( and rain-making )

place ( the rain's place )

work ( performed by rainmakers )

work ( and rain-making )

4075-4085