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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... mother love and father love . " Winter passed by . Yarrageh , the Spirit of Spring , blew across the land with her soft breath . In the arid lands of the far north the cuckoos longed for the land of Baiame and the companionship of the ...
... mother love and father love . " Winter passed by . Yarrageh , the Spirit of Spring , blew across the land with her soft breath . In the arid lands of the far north the cuckoos longed for the land of Baiame and the companionship of the ...
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... mother : babaneek ; gunee ; igera ; meer ; namarra ; num- ba - di ; wia ; yackhoo ; yanga mother and child : rattu- mud : ditter ; menengi mud - fish : pomeri mud - shell : kumala mullet : welappe myself mullet , sand : kringyang murder ...
... mother : babaneek ; gunee ; igera ; meer ; namarra ; num- ba - di ; wia ; yackhoo ; yanga mother and child : rattu- mud : ditter ; menengi mud - fish : pomeri mud - shell : kumala mullet : welappe myself mullet , sand : kringyang murder ...
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... mother ngaitye2 : friend ngaiyeri : father ngaiyuwun2 : abuse ( verb ) ngak2 : almost ngake2 : close ( adj ) ngalata ngillel1 : we ngalluk2 ( narluk , narluke ) : half , half - full nganauwe2 ( anauwe ) : my nganden2 : cause to fly ...
... mother ngaitye2 : friend ngaiyeri : father ngaiyuwun2 : abuse ( verb ) ngak2 : almost ngake2 : close ( adj ) ngalata ngillel1 : we ngalluk2 ( narluk , narluke ) : half , half - full nganauwe2 ( anauwe ) : my nganden2 : cause to fly ...
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