Deciphering Ancient Minds: The Mystery of San Bushmen Rock Art by Lewis-Williams David & Challis Sam

Author:Lewis-Williams, David & Challis, Sam [Lewis-Williams, David]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: anthropology, archaeology, art history, psychology, history, bushman, san people, african history, religion, sociology, rock art, mythology,
ISBN: 9780500770467
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2011-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

We now know what he meant by a ‘she-rain’, but his mention of a rainbow requires some explanation. The /Xam believed the rainbow to be /Kaggen’s dwelling in the sky. Though no informant said so explicitly, it was the place to which at least some ‘threads of light’ led. Bleek and Lloyd’s informant /Han≠kasso explained: ‘The Rainbow is yellow in that part which lies above; the piece which seems red lies below. For the Mantis, who is also yellow, lies above, and Kwammang-a lies below…. Men call it Kwammang-a….Then people say: “The rainbow stands yonder and the rain will break.”’67 /Kwammang-a (the name has an initial click) was /Kaggen’s son-in-law.

In response to Stow’s copy shown in Plate 17, the /Xam informant said:

The rain with white quartz which has hail.

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