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Story: A Bushman belief about a moth called |goro, the coming of which to the fire at night foretells the slaying of an ostrich (or the finding of ostrich eggs) by one of the men

Title

A Bushman belief about a moth called |goro, the coming of which to the fire at night foretells the slaying of an ostrich (or the finding of ostrich eggs) by one of the men

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Summary

Successful Ostrich hunting foretold by the coming of a moth (Celœna renisigma, Walker). In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-18. 5390-5405). About the 'black ostrich's' moth, /goro, which foretells the killing of ostrich (or the finding of ostrich eggs) when it comes to burn in the people's fires at night.

Comments

1) p.5389v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his mother (≠kamme-an); the finding of eggs is not part of the story, only the title; the Latin name for the |goro moth (Celoena renisigma?), 2) See also About a moth called by the Bushmen !num-!num and said to pour lice upon them, 3) This story is found in Book V-18

Contributors

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Date

8 October 1875 (started)

Categories

Custom and daily life, Plants and animals, Portention

Keywords

insect (the |goro moth which foretells the killing of ostriches) , moth (|goro) , moth (Celœna renisigma, Walker) , moth ('black ostrich's') , moth (ostrich's) , moth (the habits and actions of) , moth (knows when meat is coming) , moth (knows things before people do) , moth (foretells the successful killing of ostrich) , moth (foretells the finding of food) , moth (follows the game) , moth (resembles the ostrich) , moth (its appearance) , moth (teachings about) , moth (burns in the fires) , hunting (predictions of successful) , hunting (and the |goro moth that foretells the killing of ostrich) , ostrich (and its moth, the |goro) , ostrich (predictions about finding) , ostrich (the |goro moth foretells the killing of) , ostrich (and finding its eggs) , ostrich (the hunting of) , game (its moths) , game (its actions) , game (predictions about finding) , game (moths that foretell the killing of) , game (things that know about) , game (things that follow) , food (the prediction of) , food (moths which foretell the killing of ostriches) , foretell (moths which foretell the killing of ostriches) , name (of a moth which foretells the killing of ostriches) , name (the |goro or ostrich's moth) , teaching (about the |goro or ostrich's moth which foretells the killing of ostriches) , education (the |goro or ostrich's moth foretells the killing of ostriches) , fire (the |goro or ostrich's moth burns in the people's, predicting the successful killing of ostrich or finding of eggs)

Story Pages

5390-5405

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