Notebooks
Story: Prayer to a star
Title
Prayer to a star
Collection
Summary
Prayer to the Stars. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-28. 8447-8449). Prayer of the narrator’s grandfather to the star Canopus. (L VIII.-28. 8452-8458). People pray to the stars so that they will be able to see game (that their dogs will kill for them) on the hunting-ground at night.
Comments
1) See also What the stars say, 2) p.8446v: |han≠kass'o observed this himself: he heard his maternal grandfather (Tsatsi) talking to the stars, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-28
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
29 May 1879
Categories
Celestial bodies and aeroscopy, Poetry
Keywords
prayer (or incantation) , prayer (to a star) , prayer (asking a star for food) , prayer (asking the stars to allow the people to see the game) , prayer (asking the stars for their hearts so the people will not go hungry) , prayer (asking the stars to take the people's hearts) , prayer (to the stars when hungry) , hunger (the star's heart will not) , hunger (stars seem as if they 'possessed food') , hunger (and a prayer asking the stars to allow the people to see the game) , hunger (and the heart) , hunger (and a prayer to the stars for food) , hunger (the stars appear to be satisfied) , hunger (the stars are large and appear well fed) , hunger (and an exchange of hearts) , incantation (or prayer to a star) , incantation (asking a star for food) , incantation (asking the stars to allow the people to see the game) , incantation (asking the stars for their hearts so the people will not go hungry) , incantation (asking the stars to take the people's hearts) , incantation (to the stars when hungry) , food (and a prayer to a star) , food (hunger) , food (the star appears well fed) , food (stars seem as if they 'possessed food') , food (asking stars for) , food (and a prayer asking the stars to allow the people to see the game) , hearts (the peoples' are hungry) , hearts (the stars' appear satisfied) , hearts (a prayer asking for the stars' so the people will not hunger) , hearts (an exchange of) , stars (prayer to a star) , stars (their hearts will not hunger) , stars (seem as if they 'possessed food') , stars (asking for their hearts) , stars (prayers to on account of hunger) , stars (their hearts appear to be satisfied) , stars (are large and appear well fed) , hunting (and a prayer asking the stars to allow the people to see game) , hunting (with dogs at night) , game (and a prayer asking the stars to allow the people to see) , game (hunting and the stars) , game (prayer to a star)
Story Pages
8447-8449
