The Feathered serpent : the mythological genesis and recreative ritual of the Aboriginal tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia, the Kuppapoingo ... / chanted and translated by the old-men of these tribes to Roland Robinson ; with a foreword by T.G.H. Strehlow
- Bib ID:
- 48011
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Sydney : Edwards & Shaw, 1956
- xvi, 87 p. : ill. (part col.), col. map ; 28 cm.
- Series:
- Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books.
- Summary:
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Field work 1954; myths from Haasts Bluff, Areyonga, Milingimbi, Port Keats, Daly River & Beswick (near Roper River); all stories relating to the lifeforce of nature, manifesting itself through life cycle & the eternal source and meaning of the spirit of life; tales told and translated by men of the tribes (Kuppapoingo, Jumbapoingo, Birrikilli, Miarr-Miarr, Leaquwulmirree, Murinbata, Djamunjun, Djauan, Ngalarkan, Aranda, Luritja, Pitjantjara)
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Religion
- Legends -- Northern Territory
- Djinang / Dyinang language (N94.1) (NT SD53-02)
- Burarra language (N82) (NT SD53-02)
- Arrernte / Aranda language (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Ngalakan people (N77) (NT SE53-02)
- Jawoyn people (N57) (NT SD53-09)
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Burarra people (N82) (NT SD53-02)
- Liyagalawumirr / Layagalawumirr people (N108) (NT SD53-02)
- Murrinhpatha language (N3) (NT SD52-11)
- Liyagalawumirr / Layagalawumirr language (N108) (NT SD53-02)
- Stories and motifs - Fire
- Stories and motifs - Snakes
- Djambarrpuyngu language (N115) (NT SD53-03)
- Luritja / Loritja language (C7.1) (NT SG52-04)
- Jaminjung / Djaminjung language (N18) (NT SD52-15)
- Djambarrpuyngu people (N115) (NT SD53-03)
- Stories and motifs - Flood
- Djinang / Dyinang people (N94.1) (NT SD53-02)
- Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Jawoyn language (N57) (NT SD53-09)
- Gupapuyngu language (N122.1) (NT SD53-03)
- Jaminjung / Djaminjung people (N18) (NT SD52-15)
- Gupapuyngu people (N122.1) (NT SD53-03)
- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Stories and motifs - Dingoes / dogs
- Luritja / Loritja people (C7.1) (NT SG52-04)
- Murrinhpatha people (N3) (NT SD52-11)
- Ngalakan language (N77) (NT SE53-02)
- Pitjantjatjara language (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Roper River (NT Top End SD53-09, SD53-10, SD53-11)
- Wadeye / Port Keats (Daly River NT Top End SD52-11)
- Milingimbi (Central Arnhem Land NT SD53-02)
- Areyonga (South Central NT SG53-01)
- Daly Waters (North NT SE53-01)
- Wugularr / Beswick (NT Top End Upper Roper SD53-09)
- Ikuntji / Haasts Bluff (South Central NT SF52-16)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Robinson, Roland, 1912-1992
- Related Records:
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- Until 2062 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1992
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1956
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