Aboriginal fables and legendary tales
Reed, A. W. (Alexander Wyclif), 1908-19791998
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"How did the porcupine get his spikes? How was the Murray River made? Filled with mythical half-human, half-animal beings like the Rainbow Snake and the woman who changed into a kangaroo, this extraordinary collection of legends and fables explains how the animals and birds appeared in Australia, and how the lakes, rivers and mountains were made."--Back cover.
Main title:
Aboriginal fables and legendary tales / A.W. Reed.
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Imprint:
Chatswood, N.S.W. : Reed New Holland, 1998.©1965.
Collation:
vi, 137 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published in 1965 by Reed Books.Includes bibliographical references (page iv).
Contents:
The adventures of YooneearaThe anger of Pund-jilBaiame's gift of mannaBees and honeyBlack paint and red ochreThe cannibal womanThe case of the mothThe coming of deathThe coming of springDingo and native catThe dogs that were really snakesThe dugong, the cockatoos, and the chicken hawkThe fate of mocking birdA fight with kurreaThe first bullroarerThe first man in the Southern CrossFish hawk and lyrebirdFish moonThe flies and the beesThe flight of the bandicootThe frog and the fliesThe frog food of the bunyipThe frogs at flood timeThe frog, the wallaby, and the dugongThe gifts of the sun goddessGoanna and his stripesThe great floodThe hero who was changed into a mountainHow animals came to AustraliaHow bats and shags were madeHow black snake became poisonousHow blue heron brings in the tideHow koala lost his tailHow platypus was bornHow the Murray River was madeHow the porcupine got his spinesHow possum and cat killed kangarooHow tortoise got a swollen backHow tortoise lost his tailHow tortoise got his shellHow the waratah was madeHow the waratah became sweetHow tree-runner made a rainbow for his wifeKangaroo and emuThe kangaroo danceKoala and bunyipKulai and CulmaThe last song of PriepriggieLaughing jackass and the sun fireThe miserable mopokeThe moon's rewardThe oyster brothers and the sharkRainbow into fish into mountainThe rainbow snakeThe rainbow snakesThe rebellious son of BaiameThe red cloudRolla-mano and the starsThe sandpiper's misfortuneThe sculptorThe shaming of rainbow snakeThe son of Mount GambierThe song of the tree frogsThe spear with the stingray spinesSpiny lizard and galah birdSun, moon, and the spirit of birthSuns, moons, and starsTurtle, oyster, and whaleWhy curlew cries plaintively at nightThe windsThe woman who changed into a kangarooThe wooden devil-devilYara-ma-yha-who.
ISBN:
9781876334109 (paperback)
Dewey class:
398.209 REE398.209
Language:
English
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BRN:
71201
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