Notebooks
Story: Story of the Moon and the Hare: a version by Dia!kwain
Title
Story of the Moon and the Hare: a version by Dia!kwain
Collection
Summary
...the Hare announces to the Moon the death of the Moon’s mother, thereby causing his wrath, etc. (L IV.–4. 3886–3889) A story about the origin of death in which the Moon's mother dies and the Moon tells the Hare that it shall cry because his mother is altogether dead and will not return. The Moon beats the Hare's mouth for contradicting him and telling the people that they will not return to life again when they die.
Comments
1) p.3885v: this version of the story is told by Dia!kwain who heard it from his mother (≠kamme-an), 2) There are three versions of this story in this notebook (IV-4); see also Story of the Moon and the Hare: a version at first by ≠kasin and then by Dia!kwain and Story of the Moon and the Hare: a version by ≠kasin, 3) This story is found in Book IV-4
Contributors
Date
January 1874
Categories
Celestial bodies and aeroscopy, History (Early Race)
Keywords
Hare (the Moon and the Hare: a version by Dia!kwain) , Hare (the Moon beats his mouth) , Hare (his mother altogether dies) , Hare (tells people wrong story) , Hare (his fight with Moon) , Hare (his speech) , Hare (and death of people) , Hare (alters Moon's message) , Hare (and Moon) , Hare (and death) , Hare (and resurrection) , Hare (tells people they will die) , death (the origin of) , death (of people) , death (the Moon and the Hare: a version by Dia!kwain) , death (what Hare tells people about) , death (and resurrection) , death (people 'altogether' die) , death (the Moon lives again) , death (of Hare's mother) , Moon (his mother) , Moon (his fight with Hare) , Moon (lives again) , Moon (the Moon and the Hare: a version by Dia!kwain) , Moon (and origin of death) , Moon (and death of people) , Moon (the Hare alters his message) , creation (of death) , creation (the Moon and the Hare: a version by Dia!kwain) , origin (of death) , origin (the Moon and the Hare: a version by Dia!kwain) , fight (between the Hare and the Moon) , fight (the Moon and the Hare: a version by Dia!kwain) , speech (of the Hare about death) , speech (the Moon and the Hare: a version by Dia!kwain)
Story Pages
3886-3889
