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Legendary tales of the Australian aborigines / David Unaipon ; edited by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker.

Title
Legendary tales of the Australian aborigines / David Unaipon ; edited by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker.
Author
Unaipon, David, 1872-1967
Publication
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Muecke, Stephen, 1951-
  • Shoemaker, Adam
Description
xlviii, 232 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"These stories, collected in manuscript and typescript as 'Legendary tales of the Australian Aborigines', were written in 1924-1925 and reside in the State Library of New South Wales. ... Presented here ... in their original form." --P. xi.
Subject
  • Unaipon, David, 1872-1967
  • Economic and Social Research Council Sage Research Group
  • Aboriginal Australians > Australia > South Australia > Folklore
  • Narrinyeri (Australian people) > Folklore
  • Mythology, Aboriginal Australian > Australia > South Australia
  • Tales > Australia > South Australia
Genre/Form
Folklore
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-232) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Aboriginal folklore -- Aborigines, their traditions and customs : where did they come from? -- Some stories about my race : what the Aborigines' carvings near Sydney mean -- Belief of the Aborigines in a great spirit -- Confusion of tongue -- Fishing -- The flood and its result : Berrwerina tribe, Darling River -- The gherawhat (goanna) -- Gool lun naga (green frog) -- Hunting -- How the tortoise got his shell -- Immortality -- Love story of the mat rallang -- The mat kar ree (moon) -- Marriage customs of the Australian Aborigines -- The mischievous crow and the good he did -- Naroondarie's wives -- Nhung e umpie -- Panp parl lowa : spirit of help among the Aborigines -- Sport -- The story of the mungingee -- The voice of the Great Spirit -- The water rat who discovered the secret of fire and how it was taken from him by the eagle hawk -- Whowie -- Why all the animals peck at the selfish owl : the coming of the light -- Why manparrie (frogs) jump into the water -- Witchcraft -- Wondangar goon na ghun (whale and star fish) -- A wonderful bun bar rang (lizard) -- Yara ma tha who -- How Teddy lost his tail.
ISBN
0522849059
LCCN
^^2001411472
OCLC
  • 48468830
  • SCSB-12634606
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library