Wise women of the dreamtime : Aboriginal tales of the ancestral powers / collected by K. Langloh Parker : edited with commentary by Johanna Lambert
- Bib ID:
- 2878231
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- Book
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- Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions International, c1993
- xvi, 144 pages ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0892814772
- Summary:
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Collection of stories by women and analysis of each story; initiations and ceremonies; origins of humanity; behavioural codes for society; child rearing practices; social sharing; role of women in male conflicts; ancestral powers; animal powers; magical powers; healing; life cycles of women.
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- Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Tales of the Ancestral Powers
- Wahwee and Nerida: The Water Monster and the Water Lily
- Dinewan the Man Changes to Dinewan the Emu
- Sturt's Desert Pea, the Blood Flower
- Where the Frost Comes From
- Tales of the Animal Powers
- Murgah Muggui, the Spider
- Bralgah, the Dancing Bird
- Piggiebillah, the Porcupine
- The Rainbird
- Tales of the Magical Powers
- Moodoobahngul, the Widow
- The Wirreenun Woman and Her Wirreenun Son
- The Redbreasts
- The Wagtail and the Rainbow
- Tales of Healing
- Goonur, the Woman-Doctor
- The Bunbundoolooeys
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
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