Aboriginal myths and legends / [by] Roland Robinson
- Bib ID:
- 556586
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Robinson, Roland, 1912-1992
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Sun Books, [1966]
- xvi, 218 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Series:
- Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books.
- Summary:
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Distinguishes between sacred and non-sacred myths; collected myths from tribal and detribalised Aborigines in N.T., N.S.W., Qld, S.A. and Tas.; groups myths into those concerned with ancestral beings, rainbow serpents; fertility; tribal law; dreamtime; and universal themes; illustrated with sketches of bark paintings, ceremonial objects and carved trees; glossary of words used.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
- Legends -- Australia
- Yuwaalaraay / Euahlayi / Yuwaaliyaay language (D27) (NSW SH55-07)
- Wik Mungkan language (Y57, Y143) (Qld SD54-07)
- Murrinhpatha language (N3) (NT SD52-11)
- Liyagalawumirr / Layagalawumirr language (N108) (NT SD53-02)
- Burarra language (N82) (NT SD53-02)
- Jawoyn people (N57) (NT SD53-09)
- Liyagalawumirr / Layagalawumirr people (N108) (NT SD53-02)
- Galibal language (E15) (NSW SH56-03)
- Bundjalung / Banjalang language (E12) (NSW SH56-02)
- Ngalakan people (N77) (NT SE53-02)
- Galibal people (E15) (NSW SH56-03)
- Burarra people (N82) (NT SD53-02)
- Bundjalung / Banjalang people (E12) (NSW SH56-02)
- Diyari / Dieri people (L17) (SA SH54-01)
- Diyari / Dieri language (L17) (SA SH54-01)
- Stories and motifs - Fire
- Yuwaalaraay / Euahlayi / Yuwaaliyaay people (D27) (NSW SH55-07)
- Jawoyn language (N57) (NT SD53-09)
- Law - Indigenous
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Wik Mungkan people (Y57) (Qld SD54-07)
- Religion - Rites - Fertility
- Stories and motifs - Flood
- Language - Vocabulary
- Arrernte / Aranda language (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Stories and motifs - Dingoes / dogs
- Ngalakan language (N77) (NT SE53-02)
- Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent
- Ngiyambaa / Ngemba language (D22) (NSW SH55-10)
- Pitjantjatjara language (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Ngiyampaa / Ngemba people (D22) (NSW SH55-10)
- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Art - Painting - Bark
- Stories and motifs - Celestial phenomena
- Murrinhpatha people (N3) (NT SD52-11)
- Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects
- South Australia - Central Australia (SA SG52, SG53)
- Western Australia - Central Australia (WA SE52, SF52, SG52)
- South Central Northern Territory (NT)
- North West New South Wales (NW NSW SH54, SH55, SI54)
- Cape York Peninsula (Qld SC54, SD54, SD55)
- Tasmania (Tas)
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- Northern New South Wales (N NSW SH55, SH56)
- Northern Territory Top End (NT)
- Related Records:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- 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:
- 1966
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