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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Alexander Wyclif Reed. WAHN AND THE MOON GOD WAHN the Crow had long been envious of Bahloo , because the Moon God was the maker of baby girls . " Let me help you . I'm very good at making babies , " Wahn begged him . Bahloo was ...
Alexander Wyclif Reed. WAHN AND THE MOON GOD WAHN the Crow had long been envious of Bahloo , because the Moon God was the maker of baby girls . " Let me help you . I'm very good at making babies , " Wahn begged him . Bahloo was ...
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... Wahn was doing . He told the people not to be afraid , but to take the fire away from Wahn by force . So they gathered together and rushed Crow's camp . As they drew close he threw the burning logs at them to drive off the attackers ...
... Wahn was doing . He told the people not to be afraid , but to take the fire away from Wahn by force . So they gathered together and rushed Crow's camp . As they drew close he threw the burning logs at them to drive off the attackers ...
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... Wahn , coming up to him and taking the wallaby off his shoulders . " Come and warm yourself by the fire . " No sooner had the hunter spread his hands out to warm them than Wahn gave him a push which sent him plunging into the middle of ...
... Wahn , coming up to him and taking the wallaby off his shoulders . " Come and warm yourself by the fire . " No sooner had the hunter spread his hands out to warm them than Wahn gave him a push which sent him plunging into the middle of ...
Contents
CREATION MYTHS | 8 |
LEGENDS OF BIRDS | 14 |
The Strange Shape of Animals | 15 |
Copyright | |
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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