Myths and Legends of the Australian AboriginesRavenio Books, 2015 M05 1 This classic resource is organized as follows: Chapter I: Origins The Customs and Traditions of Aboriginals The Story of the Creation The Coming of Mankind The Peewee’s Story The Eagle-hawk and the Crow The Birth of the Butterflies The Confusion of Tongues The Discovery and the Loss of the Secret of Fire The Moon The Wonderful Lizard The Lazy Goannas and what happened to them How the Selfish Goannas lost their Wives What some Aboriginal Carvings mean Chapter II: Animal Myths The Selfish Owl Why Frogs jump into the Water This is the legend of the frogs. Kinie Ger, the Native Cat The Porcupine and the Mountain Devil The Green Frog How the Tortoise got his Shell The Mischievous Crow and the Good he did Whowie The Flood and its Results How Spencer’s Gulf came into Existence Chapter III: Religion The Belief in a Great Spirit The Land of Perfection The Voice of the Great Spirit Witchcraft Chapter IV: Social Marriage Customs The Spirit of Help among the Aboriginals Ngia Ngiampe Hunting Fishing Sport Chapter V: Personal Myths Kirkin and Wyju The Love-story of the Two Sisters Cheeroonear The Keen Keeng Mr and Mrs Newal and their Dog Thardid Jimbo Palpinkalare Perindi and Harrimiah Bulpallungga Nurunderi's Wives Chirr-bookie, the Blue Crane Buthera and the Bat Yara-ma-yha-who The Origin of the Pleiades |
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... young girls who will one day become the wives of the boys. In the minds of the children there is aroused a curiosity regarding a mysterious something which they were strictly forbidden to witness or to inquire into. The chanting of a ...
... young girls who will one day become the wives of the boys. In the minds of the children there is aroused a curiosity regarding a mysterious something which they were strictly forbidden to witness or to inquire into. The chanting of a ...
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... young boys and girls submit to having their noses pierced, their bodies marked, and to being laid down upon hot embers thinly covered with boughs. The third is the test of fear. The young people are told awesome and hairraising stories ...
... young boys and girls submit to having their noses pierced, their bodies marked, and to being laid down upon hot embers thinly covered with boughs. The third is the test of fear. The young people are told awesome and hairraising stories ...
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... long, long time an awful, deathlike stillness pervaded everything. Within the darkness and stillness of the earth there slept a beautiful young goddess. One day the Great Father Spirit whispered gently The Story of the Creation.
... long, long time an awful, deathlike stillness pervaded everything. Within the darkness and stillness of the earth there slept a beautiful young goddess. One day the Great Father Spirit whispered gently The Story of the Creation.
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... Young Goddess took a great breath that caused the still atmosphere to vibrate, and she said to the Great Father Spirit that she was ready to do his bidding. She opened her eyes, and her whole being appeared to be flooded with light ...
... Young Goddess took a great breath that caused the still atmosphere to vibrate, and she said to the Great Father Spirit that she was ready to do his bidding. She opened her eyes, and her whole being appeared to be flooded with light ...
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... young, males and females, filled with excitement, rose to their feet. Then a young eaglehawk that stood upon a rock called out in solemn tones, “Behold, ye creatures! Look ye to the north! What do you see?” The elders replied, “We see a ...
... young, males and females, filled with excitement, rose to their feet. Then a young eaglehawk that stood upon a rock called out in solemn tones, “Behold, ye creatures! Look ye to the north! What do you see?” The elders replied, “We see a ...
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