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Story: Rain washes out a dead man's footsteps
Title
Rain washes out a dead man's footsteps
Collection
Summary
Rain follows death. The method of protecting the grave. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-28. 8465-8467). When a person dies the rain falls, washing away their footprints ('a person who rains'). The people cover the grave with bushes, after which they heap stones 'nicely' on top of the bushes to cover them.
Comments
1) p.8464v: |han≠kass'o observed this himself; the dead person is called the 'person who rains', 2) This story is found in Book VIII-28
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
3 June 1879 (story given on or about)
Categories
Custom and daily life, The Rain and Rain's water
Keywords
death (the rain washes out a dead man's footsteps) , death (and 'a person who rains') , death (and the rain) , death (what happens when people die) , death (beliefs about) , death (and burial and rain) , death (and the making of the grave) , burial (a description of) , burial (of people) , burial (and the rain which washes out a dead man's footsteps) , burial (the making of the grave) , burial (protecting the grave with bushes and stones) , rain (falls when a person dies) , rain (and death) , rain (and methods of burial) , rain (death and 'a person who rains') , rain (washes out a dead man's footsteps) , rain (and beliefs about death) , footprints (the rain washes away those belonging to a dead man) , footprints ('a person who rains') , grave (making of) , grave (and the use of bushes and stones to cover and protect) , grave (the rain washes out a dead man's footsteps) , footsteps (the rain washes out a dead man's) , footsteps ('a person who rains')
Story Pages
8465-8467
