Notebooks
Story: Destroying the sneeze or kkoroken
Title
Destroying the sneeze or kkoroken
Collection
Summary
Sneezing in the early morning considered to be unfortunate. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V. 21. 5654 rev. and 5655 rev., note). How to destroy a Sneeze. (L V.-22. 5658 rev., note). Sneezing drives away the game. The action or ritual called kkoroken is used to abort a sneeze.
Comments
1) Dia!kwain heard this from his parents and also experienced it in person, 2) See also The Moon, not to be looked at, when game is shot and Sneezing: to be avoided when game is shot, 3) This story is found in Book V-21
Contributors
Date
6 December 1875
Categories
Custom and daily life, Portention
Keywords
sneezing (destroying the sneeze or kkoroken) , sneezing (and shooting game) , sneezing (avoidance behaviour relating to) , sneezing (at dawn) , sneezing (in the early morning considered unfortunate) , sneezing (and misfortune with hunting) , sneezing (is a bad omen) , hunting (and destroying the sneeze or kkoroken) , hunting (misfortune at, and sneezing) , hunting (observances) , hunting (and bad omens) , omen (bad and sneezing) , omen (sneezing and misfortune hunting) , name (a ritual for preventing a sneeze called kkoroken) , name (and destroying the sneeze or kkoroken) , dawn (and destroying the sneeze or kkoroken) , dawn (sneezing in the early morning considered unfortunate) , dawn (sneezing at) , dawn (sneezing at and hunting) , morning (and destroying the sneeze or kkoroken) , morning (sneezing at dawn) , morning (sneezing at dawn and hunting) , morning (sneezing in the early morning considered unfortunate)
Story Pages
5654v-5655v, 5657v-5658v
