Aboriginal StoriesThis collection of Aboriginal myths and legends, from all parts of the continent, includes creation stories, legends about natural features such as the sun, moon, stars, rivers, lakes and shores, stories of birds and animals, and hero tales. Includes a substantial Aboriginal-English, English-Aboriginal word list, with a short selection of phrases and sentences and an indication of the origin of the words. |
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Page 68
... Evil One replied , and swung it backwards , ready to hurl it at Nurunderi . " Wait ! " the Messenger cried . " I gave you that spear in case you should need it . It was an act of friendship . I want you to help me . " The Evil One ...
... Evil One replied , and swung it backwards , ready to hurl it at Nurunderi . " Wait ! " the Messenger cried . " I gave you that spear in case you should need it . It was an act of friendship . I want you to help me . " The Evil One ...
Page 196
... Evil One's trail had stopped abruptly by a bare rock , and beyond it were the unmistakeable prints of the emu's feet . The younger Winjarning gave a shout . " I have it ! " he cried . " The emu prints begin where the Evil One's left off ...
... Evil One's trail had stopped abruptly by a bare rock , and beyond it were the unmistakeable prints of the emu's feet . The younger Winjarning gave a shout . " I have it ! " he cried . " The emu prints begin where the Evil One's left off ...
Page 197
... Evil One's life . Sad at the thought of the girl whose life had been taken , the men dragged the body of the Evil One down to the plain , made a pyre of twigs and branches , and threw the body on top with its head to the north and its ...
... Evil One's life . Sad at the thought of the girl whose life had been taken , the men dragged the body of the Evil One down to the plain , made a pyre of twigs and branches , and threw the body on top with its head to the north and its ...
Contents
CREATION MYTHS | 8 |
LEGENDS OF BIRDS | 14 |
The Strange Shape of Animals | 15 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal animals asked babies Bahloo Baiame Baiame's bandicoot bark body boomerang Brolga brother Brush Turkey bush camp canoe cave climbed cockatoo corroboree cried crow dancing darkness dilly bag Dinewan duck Eagle-hawk earth Evil eyes father fire fish flames flesh flowers Flying Fox frog girls goanna grass ground grub gunyah Harrimiah head hunters hunting husband insects kangaroo Keen Keeng Kookaburra kurdaitcha land laugh live lizard looked Lyre Bird magpie Marmoo moon morning mother mountain Mullian Mullian-ga Narahdarn Narran river native Nepelle nest night Nullandi Nurunderi Perindi plain platypus possum Priepriggie Punjel river singing sleep snake spear spirit star stone tarlina tell Thardid Jimbo therlinya throwing stick totem tree tribe verb Wahn waiting wallaby wedge-tailed eagle wife willy wagtail wind Winjarning wirinun wives woman wombat woomera Wunda Wurrunah Wyju Wyungara young women