Australian Aboriginal religion and the Dreaming / John Rudder
- Bib ID:
- 300953
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Rudder, John
- Description:
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- [O'Connor, A.C.T.] : Restoration House, c1999
- 40 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0869420992
- Summary:
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Short guide to Aboriginal religious beliefs mainly drawn from eastern Arnhem Land; cosmology - the problem of change in a world of fixed relationships (inside outside states); conception and after death beliefs; spirit children; magic and malignant spirits; totems; culture heroes; role of funeral and initiation rituals; Dreaming as relationships.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Religion
- Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology)
- Religion - Totemism
- Yolngu people (NT SD53)
- Indigenous knowledge - World view
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Stories and motifs - Cultural heroes
- Religion - After death beliefs
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Ceremonies
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- Also Titled:
- Aboriginal religion and the Dreaming.
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1999
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