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Story: The crying of the wind is an evil omen

Title

The crying of the wind is an evil omen

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Summary

The crying of the Wind believed to forebode evil. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-23. 5841-5845).

Comments

1) p.5840v: Dia!kwain was told this by his mother (≠kamme-an); the wind's crying sounds like the howling of a dog, 2) pp.5842v-5845v: see |xannay |xannay and the wind, 3) see also |xannan |xannan and The crying of the wind tells beasts of prey where to find people, 4) This story is found in Book V-23

Contributors

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Date

January 1876

Categories

Custom and daily life, Portention

Keywords

wind (its crying is an evil omen) , wind (foretells evil) , wind (the noises it makes) , wind (foretells death and misfortune) , wind (brings bad news) , wind (howls) , wind (sounds like a dog) , wind (imitates the crying of people) , wind (feels that people will cry) , wind (and sorrow) , wind (accounting for the noise it makes) , death (crying of the wind is an evil omen of) , death (the crying wind foretells) , death (omens of) , presentiment (the crying wind and death) , presentiment (the wind and forebodings of evil) , omen (crying of the wind is an evil) , omen (of death)

Story Pages

5841-5845

Page Images

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Book: BC_151_A2_1_072

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Book: BC_151_A2_1_072

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Book: BC_151_A2_1_072

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Book: BC_151_A2_1_072

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Book: BC_151_A2_1_072