How the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind became the Porcupine; followed by various remarks about porcupines

How the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind became the Porcupine; followed by various remarks about porcupines

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>The Young man (of the early race) who was changed into a porcupine. He is said to be the brother of the girl in the preceding legend. Remarks regarding the porcupine follow. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-13. 5023-5039, and 14. 5040-5054).</i> A tale of the Early Race (or !khwe ||na ss'e !k'e) in which the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind by the angry Rain is transformed into a Porcupine. Parents tell their children to avoid eating the back of the porcupine's neck and tail, because that is where the hail sits. Also about porcupines and the stars.

1) p.5022v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his mother (≠kamme-an), 2) p.5043v: what people call the place where they see the sun ('ostrich eye' or <i>Ttoi tsa xau</i>), 3) See also T<i>he maiden who was taken up in a whirlwind by the agency of the angry Rain and became a great snake</i>, 4) This story is found in Books V-13 and V-14

story

19 July 1875 (started)

The Rain and Rain's water

Transformation

Plants and animals

Custom and daily life

porcupine ( its nature and habits )

porcupine ( is nocturnal )

porcupine ( accounting for its quills )

porcupine ( accounting for its appearance )

porcupine ( its faculties )

porcupine ( was formerly a man )

porcupine ( the eating of )

porcupine ( prohibitions regarding eating its neck-lumps )

porcupine ( is the Water's thing )

porcupine ( is a rain's thing )

porcupine ( its ears and nose tell it things )

porcupine ( perceives things with its thinking strings )

porcupine ( does not forget its time for returning )

porcupine ( and the stars and the Milky Way )

porcupine ( seeks food )

porcupine ( its flesh does not resemble that of other things )

porcupine ( is different )

porcupine ( and the hail )

porcupine ( its flesh is the rain's legs )

porcupine ( feels that it is hail )

porcupine ( where the hail sits in its flesh )

porcupine ( the Porcupine is the brother of the Maiden taken in a whirlwind )

porcupine ( the Porcupine is transformed by the angry Rain )

porcupine ( and the rain )

hunting-ground ( the youth transformed into the Porcupine on )

hunting-ground ( and the angry Rain- its stones or hail and thunder and lightning )

hunting-ground ( and the actions of the angry 'killing' Rain )

rain ( the Rain )

rain ( its actions on the hunting-ground )

rain ( when angry )

rain ( its stones or hail )

rain ( the porcupine's flesh is its legs )

rain ( its body parts )

rain ( and the young man who became a Porcupine )

rain ( and thunder and lightning )

rain ( its things )

rain ( and porcupines )

rain ( transforms people )

rain ( teachings about )

rain ( 'killing' )

rain ( its power )

rain ( the young man's speech to )

rain ( and the actions of new maidens )

rain ( and the actions of the new maiden )

teaching ( avoidance of eating the porcupine's 'neck-lumps' )

teaching ( about porcupines and the rain )

teaching ( and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine )

education ( avoidance of eating the porcupine's 'neck-lumps' )

education ( about porcupines and the rain )

education ( and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine )

hail ( where it sits in the porcupine's flesh )

hail ( and the angry rain on the hunting-ground )

hail ( and prohibitions regarding eating the porcupine's neck-lumps )

hail ( and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine )

hail ( the porcupine feels it is )

animals ( accounting for the porcupine's quills and appearance )

animals ( and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine )

animals ( the rain's things )

food ( prohibitions regarding eating the porcupine's neck-lumps )

food ( avoiding eating certain parts of rain's things )

food ( where the hail sits in the porcupine's flesh )

food ( eating porcupine )

food ( porcupine's flesh does not resemble that of other things )

food ( and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine )

thinking strings ( how the porcupine perceives things )

thinking strings ( and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine )

stars ( and the Milky Way )

stars ( and the habits of the porcupine )

stars ( and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine )

flesh ( porcupine's does not resemble that of other things )

flesh ( and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine )

flesh ( of the porcupine's is the rain's legs )

flesh ( where the hail sits in the porcupine's )

transformation ( and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine )

transformation ( by the angry Rain )

5023-5039, 5040-5054