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Author:Unaipon, David.
Title:Legendary tales of the Australian aborigines / David Unaipon ; edited by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker.
Published:Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press, 2001.
Description:xlviii, 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:0522849059
LC Call Number:GR366.A87
GR365
Dewey Number:398.209/94
398.20899915
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.
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.
Notes:Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-232) and index.
Subjects:Unaipon, David.
Tales -- South Australia.
Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore.
Aboriginal culture
Legends
Other Authors:Muecke, Stephen, 1951-
Shoemaker, Adam, 1957-
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