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              NASMUS RSA STK1 75
              NASMUS RSA STK1 75
              ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-STK1-75.jpg · Item · 15/11/1998
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              Rain animals.

              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.               Sterkstroom I 339