| Description |
xvi, 144 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Tales of the Ancestral Powers -- Wahwee and Nerida: The Water Monster and the Water Lily -- Dinewan the Man Changes to Dinewan the Emu -- Sturt's Desert Pea, the Blood Flower -- Where the Frost Comes From -- Tales of the Animal Powers -- Murgah Muggui, the Spider -- Bralgah, the Dancing Bird -- Piggiebillah, the Porcupine -- The Rainbird -- Tales of the Magical Powers -- Moodoobahngul, the Widow -- The Wirreenun Woman and Her Wirreenun Son -- The Redbreasts -- The Wagtail and the Rainbow -- Tales of Healing -- Goonur, the Woman-Doctor -- The Bunbundoolooeys -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
Collection of stories by women and analysis of each story; initiations and ceremonies; origins of humanity; behavioural codes for society; child rearing practices; social sharing; role of women in male conflicts; ancestral powers; animal powers; magical powers; healing; life cycles of women |
| Analysis |
Aboriginal Australians Folklore |
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Mythology, Aboriginal Australian |
| Notes |
Donation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Religion.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Legends.
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Mythology, Aboriginal Australian.
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Complementary Therapies.
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Mythology.
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| SUBJECT |
Tiwi Islands (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009006543 -- Folklore.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001947
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| Genre/Form |
Popular Work.
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| Author |
Lambert, Johanna.
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Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh), 1856-1940.
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| LC no. |
93000377 |
| ISBN |
0892814772 |
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