Title

Children throwing up the Sun (in this dialect)

Collection

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

Summary

The Sun, a man from whose armpit brightness proceeded, lived formerly on earth; but only gave light for a space around his house. Some children belonging to the First Bushmen (who preceded the Flat Bushmen in their country) were therefore sent to throw up the sleeping Sun into the sky; since then, he shines all over the earth...Besides these [two complete versions], we have the beginning of a version in the dialect of Stuurman’s Fontein, the Karreebergen (B XXIV. 2262 and 2263). [Not translated]

Comments

1) This story is found in Book XXIV

Contributors

Blaitje Snell, Daoud Moos

Date

1873

Categories

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

Keywords

Sun (thrown up by the children) , Sun (creation of) , Sun (in Kareebergen Stuurmansfontein dialect) , language (|xam) , language (a story in Kareebergen Stuurmansfontein dialect) , children (throwing up the Sun) , children (in Kareebergen Stuurmansfontein dialect) , dialect (Kareebergen Stuurmansfontein)

Story Pages

2262-2263

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