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            SMT RSA LAR1 5
            SMT RSA LAR1 5
            SMT SMT-SMT-RSA-LAR1-5.jpg · Item
            Part of Smits, Lucas
            Rain animals and zigzags.

            Rain-making was one of the San shamans’ most important tasks. The southern San thought of the rain as an animal. This animal was an amorphous quadruped that generally resembled a hippopotamus, but it could also look like an ox or an antelope. A male rain-animal, or rain-bull, was associated with the frightening thunderstorm that bellowed, stirred up the dust, and sometimes killed people with its lightning. The female rain animal was associated with soft, soaking rains.             La Rochelle I 1563
            SMT RSA LAR1 4
            SMT RSA LAR1 4
            SMT SMT-SMT-RSA-LAR1-4.jpg · Item
            Part of Smits, Lucas
            Rain animals and zigzags.

            Rain-making was one of the San shamans’ most important tasks. The southern San thought of the rain as an animal. This animal was an amorphous quadruped that generally resembled a hippopotamus, but it could also look like an ox or an antelope. A male rain-animal, or rain-bull, was associated with the frightening thunderstorm that bellowed, stirred up the dust, and sometimes killed people with its lightning. The female rain animal was associated with soft, soaking rains.             La Rochelle I 1563
            SMT RSA LAR1 3
            SMT RSA LAR1 3
            SMT SMT-SMT-RSA-LAR1-3.jpg · Item
            Part of Smits, Lucas
            Rain animals and zigzags.

            Rain-making was one of the San shamans’ most important tasks. The southern San thought of the rain as an animal. This animal was an amorphous quadruped that generally resembled a hippopotamus, but it could also look like an ox or an antelope. A male rain-animal, or rain-bull, was associated with the frightening thunderstorm that bellowed, stirred up the dust, and sometimes killed people with its lightning. The female rain animal was associated with soft, soaking rains.             La Rochelle I 1563
            SMT 01 612
            SMT 01 612
            SMT SMT-SMT-01-612.jpg · Item
            Part of Smits, Lucas
            Felines.

            Depictions of felines in rock art are common.
            Lions in general were believed to have some of the shaman’s accomplishments: they knew things that ordinary people could not possibly know, they could become invisible, and they could cause things to happen by supernatural means. They could also transform themselves into hartebeest and then, when the hunters appeared, revert to their feline form.

            Not surprisingly, Bushmen believe shamans can turn themselves into lions. It was also believed that shamans obtained lion-power by eating a lion’s gall, which is believed to be the seat of its potency. When malevolent shamans roam in feline form, the shamans in the camp enter trance and chase them off.             Bestersvallei I 186
            RSA TIE2 6
            RSA TIE2 6
            RARI RARI-RSA-TIE2-6.jpg · Item
            Part of RARI
            Snakes. Unknown
            RSA TIE2 4P
            RSA TIE2 4P
            RARI RARI-RSA-TIE2-4P.jpg · Item · 12/1990
            Part of RARI
            Cattle. Dowson, Thomas
            RSA TIE2 4
            RSA TIE2 4
            RARI RARI-RSA-TIE2-4.jpg · Item · 01/01/1990
            Part of RARI
            Cattle.

            Depictions of cattle in rock art are common in some regions. Often they are accompanied by Iron Age people carrying broad-bladed iron spears, shields and knobkerries.             Dowson, Thomas
            RSA TIE2 3
            RSA TIE2 3
            RARI RARI-RSA-TIE2-3.jpg · Item
            Part of RARI
            Cattle.

            Depictions of cattle in rock art are common in some regions. Often they are accompanied by Iron Age people carrying broad-bladed iron spears, shields and knobkerries.             Unknown
            RSA TIE2 2P
            RSA TIE2 2P
            RARI RARI-RSA-TIE2-2P.jpg · Item · 12/1990
            Part of RARI
            Cattle.

            Depictions of cattle in rock art are common in some regions. Often they are accompanied by Iron Age people carrying broad-bladed iron spears, shields and knobkerries.             Dowson, Thomas
            RSA TIE2 2
            RSA TIE2 2
            RARI RARI-RSA-TIE2-2.jpg · Item
            Part of RARI
            Snakes and graffiti.

            Depictions of snakes are not uncommon in rock art.Often it is difficult to detect the head because the snake is entering or leaving a crack or step in the rock face. On close inspection, it is noticeable that most are not depictions of real snakes at all.
            Moreover, bushman beliefs about snakes throw light on these puzzling features. It is believed that shamans used burnt snake powder to assist them in the control of their levels of trance. Like snakes, shamans go underground and then surface again when on out-of-body travel, and this probably explains why painted snakes often seem to slither in and out of the rock face.             Unknown
            RSA TEP1 3
            RSA TEP1 3
            RARI RARI-RSA-TEP1-3.jpg · Item · 01/05/1988
            Part of RARI
            Snakes. Dowson, Thomas
            RSA STK1 78
            RSA STK1 78
            RARI RARI-RSA-STK1-78.jpg · Item · 01/01/1991
            Part of RARI
            Newlands, Gerlad