The crying of the wind is an evil omen
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The crying of the wind is an evil omen
Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks
Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)
The crying of the Wind believed to forebode evil. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-23. 5841-5845).
1) p.5840v: Dia!kwain was told this by his mother (≠kamme-an); the wind's crying sounds like the howling of a dog, 2) pp.5842v-5845v: see |<i>xannay |xannay and the wind</i>, 3) see also |<i>xannan |xannan </i>and <i>The crying of the wind tells beasts of prey where to find people</i>, 4) This story is found in Book V-23
story
January 1876
Custom and daily life
Portention
wind (its crying is an evil omen), wind (foretells evil), wind (the noises it makes), wind (foretells death and misfortune), wind (brings bad news), wind (howls), wind (sounds like a dog), wind (imitates the crying of people), wind (feels that people will cry), wind (and sorrow), wind (accounting for the noise it makes), death (crying of the wind is an evil omen of), death (the crying wind foretells), death (omens of), presentiment (the crying wind and death), presentiment (the wind and forebodings of evil), omen (crying of the wind is an evil), omen (of death)
5841-5845
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