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Story: Jantje Tooren told by his father not to look towards the Moon as it comes out
Title
Jantje Tooren told by his father not to look towards the Moon as it comes out
Collection
Summary
A Bushman child warned by its father not to look at the Moon as it rises behind the Mountain, for fear of arousing its anger and causing it to become obscured (L II.-35. 3157 rev.). ||kabbo was told by his father not to look at the Moon as it came out as it would become angry and make darkness, which the people fear.
Comments
1) This story occurs on a verso page of The children of the First Bushmen (who preceded the Flat Bushmen in their country) throw up the sleeping Sun into the sky, 2) This story is found in Book II-35
Contributors
Date
3 September 1873
Categories
Celestial bodies and aeroscopy, History (personal), Custom and daily life
Keywords
||kabbo (Jantje Tooren) , ||kabbo (his father's story of the Moon) , ||kabbo (and looking at the Moon as it comes out) , ||kabbo (is told not to look at the Moon as it rises) , Moon (looking at it as it comes out) , Moon (the rising) , Moon (angering it) , Moon (makes darkness to punish people) , Moon (looking at it is prohibited) , darkness (and lions) , darkness (the people fear it) , darkness (and the angry Moon) , darkness (and looking at the Moon as it comes out) , lions (come in darkness) , lions (and looking at the Moon as it comes out)
Story Pages
3157v
