Children throwing up the Sun (in this dialect)

Children throwing up the Sun (in this dialect)

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

Blaitje Snell

Daoud Moos

The Sun, a man from whose armpit brightness proceeded, lived formerly on earth; but only gave light for a space around his house. Some children belonging to the First Bushmen (who preceded the Flat Bushmen in their country) were therefore sent to throw up the sleeping Sun into the sky; since then, he shines all over the earth...Besides these [two complete versions], we have the beginning of a version in the dialect of Stuurman's Fontein, the Karreebergen (B XXIV. 2262 and 2263).<i> [Not translated]</i>

1) This story is found in Book XXIV

story

1873

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

Sun (thrown up by the children), Sun (creation of), Sun (in Kareebergen Stuurmansfontein dialect), language (|xam), language (a story in Kareebergen Stuurmansfontein dialect), children (throwing up the Sun), children (in Kareebergen Stuurmansfontein dialect), dialect (Kareebergen Stuurmansfontein)

2262-2263