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Story: The children of the First Bushmen (who preceded the Flat Bushmen in their country) throw up the sleeping Sun into the sky, or, The children of the !khwe |na ssho !ke, ordered by their mothers, throw the sleeping Sun into the sky (a second version of the story)
Title
The children of the First Bushmen (who preceded the Flat Bushmen in their country) throw up the sleeping Sun into the sky, or, The children of the !khwe |na ssho !ke, ordered by their mothers, throw the sleeping Sun into the sky (a second version of the story)
Collection
Summary
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. We have two complete versions of this myth,a short one (L II.-4. 487 and 488, 488a-k, 494-499,), and a longer one (LII.-35. 3150-3159, 3165-3236 rev.)
Comments
1) An explanatory note on the contents page of Book II-35 reads: 'He (the sun) (J.T [||kabbo] tells me) was a man, who only gave forth brightness for a space around his own house. His shining did not reach other places. He, before this action of the children's, had not been in the sky, but had lived at his own house, on earth. He was not a !khwe |na ssho !kui.', 2) Date on p.3226: 6 October, 3) p.3183v: the name for sleep (|o !ko a) and what is said when another man is sleeping, 4) p.3186v: another name for the sun (||kui-|katten ttu), 5) p.3193v: the sun's light used to be white in the day and red at night, like fire, 6) p.3197v: a term Lloyd cannot understand. ||kabbo says the First Bushmen used it to order a thing to do as they wanted (when they worked a thing), 7) p.3207v: when the sun became round it never again became a man, 8) p.3219v: the manner of drying 'Bushman rice' on a mat, 9) p.3223v: the kaross is carried over the left shoulder so that the right can be exposed to the sun, 10) pp.3224v & 3225v: see About 'Bushman rice', 11) See also The children are sent to throw the sleeping Sun into the sky and A note on the First Bushmen, 12) This story is found in Book II-35
Contributors
Date
2 September – October 1873
Categories
History (Early Race), Celestial bodies and aeroscopy
Keywords
Early Race (the !khwe |na ssho !ke) , Early Race (the children of First Bushmen throw the sleeping Sun into the sky) , Early Race (the First Bushmen who preceded the 'Flat Bushmen' in their country) , Sun (the children of First Bushmen throw the sleeping Sun into the sky) , Sun (is ordered by children to light ground) , Sun (and food and hunting of the |xam) , Sun (the colour of) , Sun (and times of day) , Sun (the creation of) , Sun (the doings or actions of) , Sun (his name is Sun) , Sun (travels) , Sun (the size of) , Sun (the shape of) , Sun (rises and sets) , Sun (his rays) , Sun (given directions by children of First Bushmen) , Sun (his body) , Sun (is lifted by children) , Sun (his elbow, armpit, armhole) , Sun (understands) , Sun (used to be a man) , Sun (his house) , Sun (old man) , Sun (grandfather) , Sun (is cunning) , Sun (is thrown into sky) , Sun (and children of First Bushmen) , creation (the children of the First Bushmen throw up the sleeping Sun into the sky) , creation (of the Sun) , children (of the First Bushmen) , children (sent by grandmother) , children (deceived the Sun) , children (are boys) , children (give the Sun directions) , children (create the Sun) , children (understand) , children (are instructed by their mothers) , First Bushmen (who preceded 'Flat Bushmen' in their country) , First Bushmen (the Early Race) , First Bushmen (the !khwe |na ssho !ke) , First Bushmen (the children of, who throw sleeping Sun into sky) , First Bushmen (their relations) , First Bushmen (understand) , First Bushmen (their language) , First Bushmen (create Sun) , First Bushmen (eat their 'Bushman rice') , name (of the First Bushmen: the !khwe |na ssho !ke) , name (of the Sun) , language (spoken by the First Bushmen) , language (and the children of First Bushmen throw the sleeping Sun into the sky) , Flat Bushmen (and the children of First Bushmen throw the sleeping Sun into the sky) , Flat Bushmen (the First Bushmen preceded them in their country)
Story Pages
3150-3159, 3165-3236v
