Note 271 — Chapter IX
Reading edition
Ji (sky), bi (all), whe (sun), ton (belonging to), i.e., “all the sky belongs to the sun.” The commanding officeress is Danh-ji-hun-to, meaning, the rainbow is the captain or governor of (viz., goes round) the sky; that is to say, the King of Dahome rules the (black) world. Mr. Duncan’s “Dagbyweka,” vol. i. p. 231, seems to be a confusion between the two.