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Story: The dream which Dia!kwain had before he received the tidings of the death of his father
Title
The dream which Dia!kwain had before he received the tidings of the death of his father
Collection
Summary
The dream of Díä!kwãin, before he received news of his father’s death. Further omens, etc. In the Katkop dialect by Díä!kwãin (L V.-15. 5110-5146). Dia!kwain dreams that he and his father are cutting up a sheep and a Dutch man ('Boer') threatens to beat them to death for killing the sheep. Dia!kwain awakes at daybreak and tells his wife that the dream had spoken like a person, of things that would come true. Dia!kwain's mother comes to tell him his father has died.
Comments
1) See also What happens when we die, 2) This story is found in Book V-15
Contributors
Date
30 July – 5 August 1875
Categories
History (personal), Relations with others, Portention
Keywords
dream (that Dia!kwain had before he heard of the death of his father) , dream (as an omen of death) , dream (about) , dream (Dia!kwain's spoke like a person) , dream (speaks the truth) , dream (does not deceive) , dream (of death) , dream (as a presentiment or prophecy) , dream (foretells death) , Dia!kwain (his personal history) , Dia!kwain (his father's name is Xaa-ttin) , Dia!kwain (foresaw his father's death) , Dia!kwain (his dream) , Dia!kwain (and the 'Boers' or Dutch) , Dia!kwain (the death of his father) , Dia!kwain (his relations) , Dia!kwain (the names of his relations) , Dia!kwain (his dream of the death of his father) , Dia!kwain (his insides ached when one of his people was dying) , death (dream that Dia!kwain had before he heard of the death of his father) , death (omens of) , death (what happens when someone is about to die) , death (news of) , death (the 'heart falls') , death (and the actions of springbok) , death (and the wind) , death (and the rain) , death (and dust) , death (Dia!kwain's dream of the death of his father) , death (of Dia!kwain's father) , death (a dream of) , death (presentiments of) , death (foretelling) , heart ('falls' at death) , heart (and Dia!kwain's dream of the death of his father) , Dutch ('Boers') , Dutch (and Dia!kwain's dream of the death of his father) , Dutch (and Dia!kwain's father) , Dutch (who Dia!kwain worked for) , Dutch (at the place where Dia!kwain lives) , wind (as an omen of death) , wind (Dia!kwain's father's) , wind (north) , wind (and Dia!kwain's dream of the death of his father) , rain (as an omen of death) , rain (and Dia!kwain's dream of the death of his father) , dust (as an omen of death) , dust (and Dia!kwain's dream of the death of his father) , presentiments (omens) , presentiments (of death) , presentiments (dreams foretell things) , foretell (dreams foretell things) , foretell (dreams foretell death) , foretell (and Dia!kwain's dream of the death of his father) , omens (of death) , omens (wind as) , omens (dust as) , omens (rain as) , omens (dreams foretell things) , omens (and the actions of game, springbok) , omens (and Dia!kwain's dream of the death of his father) , springbok (actions of are omens of death) , springbok (and Dia!kwain's dream of the death of his father) , game (actions of are omens of death) , game (and Dia!kwain's dream of the death of his father) , place (where Dia!kwain lived, worked) , place (and Dia!kwain's dream of the death of his father) , names (of Dia!kwain's relations)
Story Pages
5110-5146
