Shadows in the mist : Australian aboriginal myths in paintings / by Ainslie Roberts and text by Dale Roberts
- Bib ID:
- 2430266
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Roberts, Ainslie, 1911-1993
- Description:
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- Blackwood, S. Aust. : Art Australia ; Sydney : Distributed by G. Allen, 1989
- 80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1875168052
- Series:
- Dreamtime series.
- Summary:
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Retelling of Aboriginal legends concerning creation, birds , insects, fire, celestial phenomena, lizards, goannas, dingos, eagles, swans, Bogong moth, seals, rainbow serpent , Milky Way, moon, herons and opal; source of most myths not recorded.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 80).
- Subject:
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- Roberts, Ainslie, 1911-1993
- Mythology, Aboriginal Australian, in art
- Mythology, Aboriginal Australian
- Stories and motifs - Moon
- Stories and motifs - Fire
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Gathering - Insects
- Stories and motifs - Stars
- Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent
- Stories and motifs - Insects
- Stories and motifs - Fish
- Stories and motifs - Eagles / hawks / crows
- Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
- Animals - Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies / Moths
- Stories and motifs - Lizards / goannas
- Stories and motifs - Dingoes / dogs
- Animals - Marine mammals - Seals
- Australia
- Other authors/contributors:
- Roberts, Dale, 1947-
- Copyright:
-
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1989
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