, 1876-11-17
DUSIIMEF.



The Bushmcn have tTo different myths to
account for the origin OF the moon; one of
these forms an ephodc IN the story 81 the
Aiarts and hts pct etant1. When the MaDts
which he created by piercing thu gsll;tlsddcr Of
another Gland, ilc ielt lnconven!e1ccd by one Of
l'is SHOES, which ho therefore took
on 81. ,11. and threw into t!,e sky, VIZ,
moon. Titus The moon d rcd, because tho
t1loe Of Tie Mantls was covered with the red
dust Of DuslainanIand, md cold, because It Is
only leather. III The Bu.l1nan astrological
man who inc.irs the wrath Of tho sun, and Is
consequently pierced by tho knife It. E. rays)
ot the latter: Til: process Is repeated until
almost tt'r whole OF the moon ls r1lt away,
inoon rttcously, implores tue sun 10 spare for
his ute moon's) children. Then this little
piece Of moon gradually grows again until It
becomes full moon, when the suns stabbing
realty beautiful myth, and reminds one strongly
q the Interpretations which Max htullcs and
s.a,t " school bare nut upon .1 s1mc Of the OH
thoiogy, aud This Ia not to be wondered it
when II is considered how large is the place
they ~ 10 thc Busllman country, aud hoy i'm
% poa.ant pa1t thy play y the daily lifS ot tho
many Of the stars and consultations are NAMED
after certain animals, and autne Of the
astronomical myths arc elaborate aud beautt-
tiful, and sotnetincs even touching. The sun,
ness ptoeeeded, and who lived formerly
around bis house, Some children who belonged
t. the lir1t Hushmen !wlo prececdcd tho Fiat
70 throw up tho sleeping sun iuto the sky; since
then llc shines all oyer the easth. 4 myth
aomewllat similar to this Is met among the
st. ~ abS{Enc and thf,e ars many
extremely rash to infer, on this uc-
count, that there had BEEN any original con-
nccsfon or communication between these races.
found between Dustl1nan md European mytlol-
ogy, and II is nut to be wondered ut II many
points of resemblance be FUND between in5thul-
ogies originating quite tndepenlsutly q! each
same NEUROLOGICAL elements, 4 We may
cns above, the earth beneath, and
tso, the wats5 s,. nnaF Hx tue tt mt Th q. 1x tsef
much the ea,nc kind Of struggle for existence,
aud iaye they not TINT most fertile und uni.
vcrsal Of human characteristics, an trsesstible
desire t. sssgn a saIss .1. to eveEytiag that
and science meet, for It la this same universal
/ impulse whict, anlznntes l,oth-the desire of
the human mind to satisfy itself as to Tho
eansss u ttags % The yasnsn ns acsons E fyE
girl of the ancient race wished for light, SO
that the people might seq to return home at
| night. Shr, therefore, threw wood.ashes into
/ thc sky, which became the Milky Way. THIS
giving llor too little Of certain rcd edible root,
threw up portions Of It Into Tho sky, where
they bccune stars. The mention Ut au "sncicut
raee IN t;tls aud other myths e one among
not genuine South African abosig-
ines, but that they arc intrudcrs upon still
older race. Among somc of the stars whtcll
| have been Identified with animals III Dusllnan
the Southern Cross arc male lions, whilc the
stars Alpha, Beta, and Gam1na Crucis arc lion
cssce. The two ltuns were formerly men and
at tho same TING lions and one Of then, b.
hun; tho, other. apparently out of sym.
PUTTY, also became u star. They now
stand si'ent' not iar from tlc lionesses, who a.
silent. A!delural fs 4 ,n9lc hartehcest, wl1i1c
i tna!o Gland, whose wives arc Castor and
Poliux. Tie stars III Orion's sword aro male
togtotscs hung upon q stick. and the three
bright stars In oTons he't are fcu'aIe H. @toftoses.
arc divided into night stars and dawn
stars, asd tho latter arc subjects Of some
ycry line aud complicated NEUROLOGICAL conccp-
tlons Of which, however, 1ply ira;1ncnts r.: bare
called tho "Dawn's ucart,n while some neigh
msa4s mR '' Gld BISso Jspite!s daughter: @ cs
Es'aa9 to o hsF calls sDfs Ser Is i tic y
"my heart" swallows her, then wolks alone Us
the only Dawn's ucart Star till she grows up.
when lie sp,ts her out again. Ehc thon herself
becomes another female Dawn's Heart, and splits
the mule aud female Dawn's Heart. The story
proceeds tn y very Intricate faahlon, and many
other charactcrs-all nnimals-are Introduced.
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