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

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

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>Successful Ostrich hunting foretold by the coming of a moth (Celœna renisigma, Walker). In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-18. 5390-5405).</i> About the 'black ostrich's' moth, /<i>goro,</i> which foretells the killing of ostrich (or the finding of ostrich eggs) when it comes to burn in the people's fires at night.

1) p.5389v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his mother (≠kamme-an); the finding of eggs is not part of the story, only the title; the Latin name for the |<i>goro</i> moth (<i>Celoena renisigma</i>?), 2) See also <i>About a moth called by the Bushmen !num-!num and said to pour lice upon them, </i>3) This story is found in Book V-18

story

8 October 1875 (started)

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

Portention

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