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Wise Women of the Dreamtime : Aboriginal Tales of the Ancestral Powers

Wise Women of the Dreamtime : Aboriginal Tales of the Ancestral Powers

Collected by K. Langloh Parker : edited with commentary by Johanna Lambert
ISBN: 0892814772 Categories: ,

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ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANA –

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.

  • 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.
  • xvi, 144 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

#290925/170226

Additional Information

AuthorCollected by K. Langloh Parker : edited with commentary by Johanna Lambert
Number of pagesxvi, 144 pages ; 23 cm.
PublisherInner Traditions International
Year Published1993
Binding Type

Softcover
Book Condition

FINE!

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