Pititjalilikamu kanparrka / story by Charlotte Phillipus Napurrula ; artwork by Dennis Nelson
The centipede and the scorpion
- Bib ID:
- 84625
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Napurrula, Charlotte Phillipus, author
- Translated Title:
- The centipede and the scorpion.
- Description:
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- [Alice Springs, Northern Territory] : Papunya Literature Production Centre, April 1985
- ©1985
- 22 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 x 30 cm
- ISBN:
- 0868000566 (paperback)
- Summary:
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This is a Tjukurrpa story about spiritual transformation. Story of two young men who go hunting and are returning to camp when they encounter two young women. The women initially offer them witchetty grubs and the men fight over who will claim both women. The loser had so many spears sticking out of him that he turned into a centipede. The winner, who carried both women away in his arms to his mob, became a scorpion. The centipede still waits by the fire.
- Notes:
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- This material contains Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. Contact the National Library of Australia for further information.
- "Story by Charlotte Phil[l]ipus. Artwork by Dennis Nelson." --Imprint page.
- For children.
- Npf 2022-1699 copy Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Text in Pintupi with English translation.
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1985
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