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Story: How the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind became the Porcupine; followed by various remarks about porcupines
Title
How the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind became the Porcupine; followed by various remarks about porcupines
Collection
Summary
The Young man (of the early race) who was changed into a porcupine. He is said to be the brother of the girl in the preceding legend. Remarks regarding the porcupine follow. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-13. 5023-5039, and 14. 5040-5054). A tale of the Early Race (or !khwe ||na ss'e !k'e) in which the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind by the angry Rain is transformed into a Porcupine. Parents tell their children to avoid eating the back of the porcupine's neck and tail, because that is where the hail sits. Also about porcupines and the stars.
Comments
1) p.5022v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his mother (≠kamme-an), 2) p.5043v: what people call the place where they see the sun ('ostrich eye' or Ttoi tsa xau), 3) See also The maiden who was taken up in a whirlwind by the agency of the angry Rain and became a great snake, 4) This story is found in Books V-13 and V-14
Contributors
Date
19 July 1875 (started)
Categories
The Rain and Rain's water, Transformation, Plants and animals, Custom and daily life
Keywords
porcupine (its nature and habits) , porcupine (is nocturnal) , porcupine (accounting for its quills) , porcupine (accounting for its appearance) , porcupine (its faculties) , porcupine (was formerly a man) , porcupine (the eating of) , porcupine (prohibitions regarding eating its neck-lumps) , porcupine (is the Water's thing) , porcupine (is a rain's thing) , porcupine (its ears and nose tell it things) , porcupine (perceives things with its thinking strings) , porcupine (does not forget its time for returning) , porcupine (and the stars and the Milky Way) , porcupine (seeks food) , porcupine (its flesh does not resemble that of other things) , porcupine (is different) , porcupine (and the hail) , porcupine (its flesh is the rain's legs) , porcupine (feels that it is hail) , porcupine (where the hail sits in its flesh) , porcupine (the Porcupine is the brother of the Maiden taken in a whirlwind) , porcupine (the Porcupine is transformed by the angry Rain) , porcupine (and the rain) , hunting-ground (the youth transformed into the Porcupine on) , hunting-ground (and the angry Rain– its stones or hail and thunder and lightning) , hunting-ground (and the actions of the angry 'killing' Rain) , rain (the Rain) , rain (its actions on the hunting-ground) , rain (when angry) , rain (its stones or hail) , rain (the porcupine's flesh is its legs) , rain (its body parts) , rain (and the young man who became a Porcupine) , rain (and thunder and lightning) , rain (its things) , rain (and porcupines) , rain (transforms people) , rain (teachings about) , rain ('killing') , rain (its power) , rain (the young man's speech to) , rain (and the actions of new maidens) , rain (and the actions of the new maiden) , teaching (avoidance of eating the porcupine's 'neck-lumps') , teaching (about porcupines and the rain) , teaching (and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine) , education (avoidance of eating the porcupine's 'neck-lumps') , education (about porcupines and the rain) , education (and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine) , hail (where it sits in the porcupine's flesh) , hail (and the angry rain on the hunting–ground) , hail (and prohibitions regarding eating the porcupine's neck-lumps) , hail (and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine) , hail (the porcupine feels it is) , animals (accounting for the porcupine's quills and appearance) , animals (and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine) , animals (the rain's things) , food (prohibitions regarding eating the porcupine's neck-lumps) , food (avoiding eating certain parts of rain's things) , food (where the hail sits in the porcupine's flesh) , food (eating porcupine) , food (porcupine's flesh does not resemble that of other things) , food (and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine) , thinking strings (how the porcupine perceives things) , thinking strings (and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine) , stars (and the Milky Way) , stars (and the habits of the porcupine) , stars (and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine) , flesh (porcupine's does not resemble that of other things) , flesh (and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine) , flesh (of the porcupine's is the rain's legs) , flesh (where the hail sits in the porcupine's) , transformation (and the brother of the maiden taken up in a whirlwind who became the Porcupine) , transformation (by the angry Rain)
Story Pages
5023-5039, 5040-5054
