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Story: The Moon, not to be looked at, when game is shot
Title
The Moon, not to be looked at, when game is shot
Collection
Summary
The Moon is not to be looked at, when game has been shot, for fear of evil consequences. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (LV.-21. 5643-5654). Hunters lower their heads and do not look up when they have shot game, because the Moon's 'water' would cause the game to live (the Moon's water is what the people observe lying on bushes, which resembles 'liquid honey').
Comments
1) p.5642v: Dia!kwain heard this from his mother (≠kamme-an), 2) See also Sneezing: to be avoided when game is shot and Destroying the sneeze or kkoroken, 3) This story is found in Book V-21
Contributors
Date
3 December 1875 (started)
Categories
Celestial bodies and aeroscopy, Custom and daily life
Keywords
Moon (not to be looked at, when game is shot) , Moon (is not a 'good person' if looked at) , Moon (its water 'cools' poison and cures the dying game) , Moon (its water falls on the game) , Moon (water of resembles liquid honey) , Moon (people fear it) , Moon (and successful hunting) , Moon (customs relating to) , Moon (and losing the game) , Moon (bad consequences of looking at) , hunting (Moon not to be looked at, when game is shot) , hunting (bad consequences of looking at the Moon) , hunting (teachings about) , hunting (observances) , hunting ('cooling' the poison and) , hunting (and making the game die) , hunting (and losing the game) , hunting (ensuring its success) , hunting (and looking at the Moon) , hunting (prohibitions relating to) , hunting (avoidance behaviour relating to) , hunting (and the nature and habits of game animals) , game (the Moon not to be looked at, when game is shot) , game (making it die) , game (its dying is cured by the Moon's water) , game (leads people astray) , game (the nature and habits of) , water (the Moon's 'cools' poison and cures the dying game) , water (and the Moon not to be looked at, when game is shot) , poison (the Moon's water 'cools' poison and cures the dying game) , honey (the Moon's water resembles liquid–) , honey (and the Moon not to be looked at, when game is shot) , teachings (about hunting and the Moon) , teachings (the Moon not to be looked at, when game is shot) , teachings (of the bad consequences of looking at the Moon) , teachings (hunting observances) , education (about hunting and the Moon) , education (the Moon not to be looked at, when game is shot) , education (of the bad consequences of looking at the Moon) , education (hunting observances)
Story Pages
5643-5654
