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. |
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 carpet snake cave climb club cockatoo crow dance darkness dilly bag Dinewan duck Eagle-hawk earth edible Evil eyes father fire fish flames flowers Flying Fox frog girl goanna grass ground grub gunyah Harrimiah hawk head hunters hunting husband insects kangaroo Keen Keeng koala Kookaburra kurdaitcha lake land laugh live lizard looked Lyre Bird magpie Marmoo moon morning mother mountain Mullian native Nepelle nest night Nurunderi parrot Perindi plain platypus possum Punjel reed river singing sleep spear spirit star stone tarlina Thardid Jimbo therlinya throwing stick totem tree tribe verb Wahn waiting wallaby water hole wattle weapons wife willy wagtail wind Winjarning wirinun wives woman wombat woomera wunda Wyju Wyungara young women