Series 7.3a - Myths and legends – Central Australia, Ooldea, Eucla

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1930
• Subjects: Australian Aborigines; Myths; legends; stellar myths; Jinyil; Eucla (S.A.); Boundary Dam; Ooldea; Twilight Cove (W.A.) aka Willilambi; Great Australian Bight; Balladonia (W.A.) aka Drollinya; Wommundo (Eyre’s Sandy Patch) Nyiruna; Orion; Southern Cross; Magellan's Clouds; Aboriginal Zodiac; Aboriginal Astronomy; Mingari; Pleiades; Karnduing (informant); Wardunda (informant); Durdinya; Israelite Bay; Balgundera (informant); Ngallilea (informant); Mungi (informant); Ngainggarri (informant); Barr Smith; Bates; Jupiter; Kallia; Two Brothers; Venus; The Pointers
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/69763

Scanned from the copies held by Rare Books and Special Collections as part of the Daisy Bates Papers, MSS 572.994 B32t The Barr Smith Library recognises the moral rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the owners of their knowledge. To this end, Special Collections is digitising the Daisy Bates Papers in our collections to enhance access for people who cannot travel to Adelaide. Please be aware that this site may contain sensitive information, including the names and images of people who have passed away and which may sadden and distress some Aboriginal people. This site may also contain language and terms used by an author that reflect an inappropriate attitude due to the historical context in which these records were created. Notes on stellar myths; The legend of the two brothers – Magellan’s Clouds, the Southern Cross and the pointers – from Twilight Cove, Great Australian Bight WA (Willilambi); Notes on Malinowski’s idea of different cultures having similar myths about the stars; Nyiruna (Nyeeruna) or Orion myth from Central Australia and part of WA border area; Zodiac of the Aborigines includes Orion the hunter, Taurus the bull, Aldebaran, Vesta and dogs; Venus and Jupiter from South and Western Australia from the border, and the Central Ranges to the Bight and cliffs west of Eucla. Astronomy of the Aborigines – Southern Cross and pointers; Central Australian Astronomy - the constellation of Orion; The myths have been adapted and readjusted to the real lives of the groups owning them. The myth was enacted to young men being initiated and covers a wide area of Central Australia and the Western border, south to the Great Plain’s northern edge, east and south-east towards the Diamantina, Cooper and other rivers. Mingari – mountain devil – Central Australia. Describes the separation of Nyiruna (Orion) from Mingari (Pleiades); Animal legend: Giniga, Jamma and Kallia (native cat, opossum and emu) from area covering Twilight Cove (Willilambi, Willyalambi) and Drollinya or Dralyinya ...