Address or prayer to the star Canopus and the star Sirius

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Title

Address or prayer to the star Canopus and the star Sirius

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

||kabbo (Jantje) (II)

Summary

<i>Bushman doings and prayers when Canopus and his grandmother Sirius come out (L II.-37. 3348-3355). </i>An address or prayer to the stars Canopus and Sirius.

Comments

1) p.3348v: the sun is only a little warm when Canopus appears in winter, 2) p.3350v: Canopus (|ßko a-ggu) and Sirius (!kuttau) are both female stars, 3) p.3354v: the people leave one arm out of their karosses when in the sun, 4) See also <i>Names for the star Canopus,</i> 5) This story is found in Book II-37

Type

story

Date

14 October 1873 (started)

Category

Poetry

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

Story Pages

3348-3355

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