Specimens of Bushman Folklore, by W.H.I. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd, ,
at sacred-texts.com The wind does thus when we die, our (own)
wind blows; for we, who are human beings, we possess wind; we
make clouds, when we die. Therefore, the wind does thus when we
die, the wind makes dust, because it intends to blow, taking
away our footprints, with which we had walked about while we
still had nothing the matter with us; and our footprints, which
the wind intends to blow away, would (otherwise still) lie
plainly visible. For, the thing would seem as if we still lived.
Therefore, the wind intends to blow, taking away our footprints.
And, our gall, when we die, sits in the sky; it sits green in
the sky, when we are dead. Therefore, mother was wont to do thus
when the moon lying down came, (when) the moon stood hollow.
Mother spoke, she said: "The moon is carrying people who are
dead. For, ye are those who see that it lies in this manner; and
it lies hollow, because it is killing itself (by) carrying
people who are dead. Th