Wise women of the dreamtime : Aboriginal tales of the ancestral powers / collected by K. Langloh Parker ; edited with commentary by Johanna Lambert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh), 1856-1940, collector.

Lambert, Johanna, editor, writer of commentary.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Folklore.

Aboriginal Australians.

Mythology, Aboriginal Australian.

Genre:

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi, 144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Distribution:

Williston, Vermont : Distributed to the book trade in the United States by American International Distribution Company (AIDC).

Place of Publication:

Rochester, Vermont : Inner Traditions International, 1993.

Summary:

Women's stories from the world's oldest tradition, this collection of Australian Aboriginal myths was compiled at the turn of the century by K. Langloh Parker, one of the first Europeans to realize their significance. Here, women tell of their own ceremonies, relationships, and behavioral codes, bringing into focus the Aboriginal world view, in which humanity and nature exist in balance and harmony. (Inner Traditions International)

Contents:

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 Wirreenum Woman and Her Wirreenun Son. The Redbreasts. The Wagtail and the Rainbow

Tales of Healing. Goonur, the Woman-Doctor. The Bunbundoolooeys.

Notes:

""Text design by Bonnie Atwater."

"Cover photograph by Heide Smith. Cover design by Pat Gorman."

Includes bibliographical references (page 144).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0892814772

OCLC:

27430103