About a moth called by the Bushmen !num-!num and said to pour lice upon them

About a moth called by the Bushmen !num-!num and said to pour lice upon them

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

The <i>!num !num</i> moth (or <i>Aloa amasis</i>) is said by the |xam to pour lice upon them when it hovers above. This story describes what the people say when the moth does this and how they drive it away.

1) p.5373v: Dia!kwain heard this from his mother (≠kamme-an); see <i>Dia!kwain explains his mother's 'little name'</i>, 2) Date on p.5381: 6 October, 2) p.5380v: |xam names of lice and their eggs, 3) See also <i>A Bushman belief about a moth called |goro, the coming of which to the fire at night foretells the slaying of an ostrich (or the finding of ostrich eggs) by one of the men</i>, 4) This story is found in Book V-18

story

October 1875

History (Early Race)

Plants and animals

insect ( the !num-!num moth or Aloa amasis )

moth ( the !num-!num moth or Aloa amasis )

moth ( 'a man of lice' )

moth ( used to talk with men to deceive them )

moth ( wants others to also have lice )

moth ( its actions )

moth ( has lice )

moth ( was formerly a man )

moth ( in early times )

moth ( pours lice on people )

moth ( the treatment of )

moth ( people drive it and blow it away )

moth ( what people say to )

moth ( name of )

lice ( and the !num !num moth )

name ( of a moth )

name ( the !num-!num moth or Aloa amasis )

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