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Sirius And Canopus

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Author / Collector:

W. H. I. Bleek

Book:

Specimens of Bushman Folklore

Publisher:

George Allen & Company, Ltd, London

Year:

1911

Country:

Generic

License:

Public Domain (copyright expired)

Editor's Notes:

n/a

Sirius And Canopus: stars, celestial order, naming, navigation, cosmology, night sky

Subject:

Sirius And Canopus

My (step)grandmother, Ttuai-ang, was the one who used to rejoice about Canopus. She said--

Sirius!
Sirius!
Winks like
Canopus!

Canopus
Winks like
Sirius!

Canopus
Winks like
Sirius!

Sirius
Winks like
Canopus!

While my grandmother felt that food was abundant.

Folktales, Fairytales, myths, legends, stories, fantasy