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Story: A song sung by the star !gaunu, especially by the Bushman women
Title
A song sung by the star !gaunu, especially by the Bushman women
Collection
Summary
Women sing this song of the Star !gaunu. It asks if the ||garraken flower is open and sings that the ≠ku yam is the one that opens.
Comments
1) p.5667v: Dia!kwain heard this from his paternal grandmother (Ttuobbo-ken !kauk'si), 2) See also Stars and Flowers and !gaunu and The great star !gaunu, which singing named the stars, 3) This story is found in Book V-21
Contributors
Date
December 1875
Categories
Celestial bodies and aeroscopy, Poetry
Keywords
song (sung by women) , song (poetry) , song (sung by the star !gaunu) , poetry (!gaunu's song sung by women) , star (the Star !gaunu) , star (!gaunu's song) , star (and the ||garraken flower) , star (and the ≠ku yam flower) , women (!gaunu's song sung by) , names (of flowers) , names (and !gaunu's song) , flowers (and !gaunu's song) , flowers (names of) , flowers (the ||garraken flower) , flowers (the ≠ku yam flower) , stars (and flowers) , stars (and !gaunu's song) , stars (the Star !gaunu) , !gaunu (a song sung by, especially by women) , !gaunu (sings about the ||garraken flower and the ≠ku yam flower)
Story Pages
5668
