The two rainbow serpents travelling: mura track narratives from the Corner Country

"The 'Corner Country', where Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales now converge, was in Aboriginal tradition crisscrossed by the tracks of the mura, ancestral beings, who named the country as they travelled, linking place to language. Reproduced here is the story of the two...

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Subtitles:Mura track narratives from the Corner Country
主要作者: Hercus, L. (Author)
其他作者: Beckett, Jeremy (Other)
格式: 電子 圖書
語言:English
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出版: Acton, A.C.T. ANU E Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
叢編:Aboriginal history monograph series 18
Further subjects:B Humanities
B Religion and beliefs
B Aboriginal Australians
B Social Sciences
B Rainbow Serpent
B Aboriginal Australians ; Religion
B Aboriginal Australians 宗教
B Anthropology
B Folklore
B Electronic books
B SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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總結:"The 'Corner Country', where Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales now converge, was in Aboriginal tradition crisscrossed by the tracks of the mura, ancestral beings, who named the country as they travelled, linking place to language. Reproduced here is the story of the two Ngatyi, Rainbow Serpents, who travelled from the Paroo to the Flinders Ranges and back as far as Yancannia Creek, where their deep underground channels linked them back to the Paroo. Jeremy Beckett recorded these stories from George Dutton and Alf Barlow in 1957. Luise Hercus, who has worked on the languages in the area for many years, has collaborated with Jeremy Beckett to analyse the names and identify the places."--Publisher's description.
ISBN:1921536934