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Story: Notes to the story of The Wind
Notes to the story of The Wind
Title
Notes to the story of The Wind
Collection
Summary
The Wind thought to be seen, in the form of a bird, by the brother–in–law of the narrator when a child. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-8. 6713-6724). ||goo-ka-!kui (Smoke's man, or Witbooi Tooren) told |han≠kass'o that he had seen the Wind at the mountains at Haarfontein (or ≠ko a xa) and had thrown a stone at it, thinking it to be a bird. As a result the Wind blew hard and took up dust.
Comments
1) p.6712v: Smoke's man, or Witbooi Tooren (||kabbo's son and |han≠kass'o's brother-in-law), 2) p.6713v: Smoke's man's master, Jacob Kotze, 3) p.6717v: Africander and Farland sheep, including |xam and Dutch names for them, 4) p.6719v: the 'Bastaard's' sheep, wagons, kraal and shepherding, 5) p.6720v: at the time of this story Smoke's man was a child, 6) p.6721v: Smoke's man's masters were Bastards ('Bastaards'), 7) See also The Wind and The son of the Wind, 8) This story is found in Book VIII-8
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
20 April 1878 (started)
Categories
History (personal), Relations with others
Keywords
Wind ('took up' dust) , Wind (the actions of when angry) , Wind (and the people) , Wind (the place where ||goo-ka-!kui saw it) , Wind (at Haarfontein) , Wind (takes the form of a bird) , Wind (and ||goo-ka-!kui who threw stones at it in a bird's form) , ||goo-ka-!kui (Smoke's man, Witbooi Tooren) , ||goo-ka-!kui (his master's name) , ||goo-ka-!kui (his personal history) , ||goo-ka-!kui (and the Wind) , ||goo-ka-!kui (angered the Wind) , ||goo-ka-!kui (threw stones at the Wind) , ||goo-ka-!kui (was a shepherd) , ||goo-ka-!kui (and |han≠kass'o) , ||goo-ka-!kui (and the Bastards) , bird (the Wind takes its form) , bird (||goo-ka-!kui threw stones at the Wind in its form) , transformation (the Wind takes a bird's form) , transformation (||goo-ka-!kui threw stones at the Wind in a bird's form) , sheep (shepherded by ||goo-ka-!kui) , sheep (their nature and habits) , sheep (that make their way home alone) , sheep (the names of different types of) , name (of a Bastard) , name (of |han≠kass'o's relations) , name (of a mountain) , name (of different kinds of sheep) , name (of ||goo-ka-!kui's master and his wife) , name (||goo-ka-!kui's other names) , name (of 'Boers' or Dutch) , Bastard ('Bastaard') , Bastard (and the |xam) , Bastard (does not give food 'liberally') , Bastard (||goo-ka-!kui's master is a) , Bastard (the name of a) , work (done by |xam) , work (shepherding) , work (done by ||goo-ka-!kui) , |han≠kass'o (his brother–in–law ||goo-ka-!kui who threw stones at the Wind in the form of a bird)
Story Pages
6713-6724
