Eagle and crow : an exploration of an Australian Aboriginal myth / by Johanna M. Blows
- Bib ID:
- 596023
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Blows, Johanna M
- Description:
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1995
- xviii, 216 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 081531258X (acid-free paper)
- Series:
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- Garland folklore library ; 9.
- Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 1691.
- Summary:
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Extensive compliation and analysis of the Eagle (Eaglehawk) and Crow myths of south east Australia; stories and motifs; social organisation, territory and kinship structures; religious practices - initiation; magic and medicine (clever) men - making of the clever men; psycholanalytic approach to the analysis of the major themes; myths and religion - associations with Baiami and Daramulun.
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1. Stories of Eagle and Crow
- Ch. 2. Background and Method
- Map of Aboriginal Tribes of South Eastern Australia
- Ch. 3. Magically Extending Trees, Talking Feces, and a Rescue
- Ch. 4. Crow Digs a Grave for Eagle's Son and Is Buried Himself
- Ch. 5. The Trap
- Ch. 6. Crow Is Burnt - or: Fire and Water
- Ch. 7. Human Desire, Social Order and Religion
- Ch. 8. The Eagle-Crow Myth and the Clever Men - The Way of Transformation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216).
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
- Aboriginal Australians -- Religion
- Stories and motifs - Plants
- Stories and motifs - Eagles / hawks / crows
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Stories and motifs - Baiame
- Stories and motifs - Dharumalan
- Psychology - Dreams and symbolism
- Stories and motifs - Mythological beings
- Religion
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1995
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