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Title The Feathered serpent : the mythological genesis and recreative ritual of the Aboriginal tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia, the Kuppapoingo ... / chanted and translated by the old-men of these tribes to Roland Robinson ; with a foreword by T.G.H. Strehlow
Published Sydney : Edwards & Shaw, 1956

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Description xvi, 87 p. : ill. (part col.), col. map ; 28 cm
Series Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books. ANL
Summary Field work 1954; myths from Haasts Bluff, Areyonga, Milingimbi, Port Keats, Daly River & Beswick (near Roper River); all stories relating to the lifeforce of nature, manifesting itself through life cycle & the eternal source and meaning of the spirit of life; tales told and translated by men of the tribes (Kuppapoingo, Jumbapoingo, Birrikilli, Miarr-Miarr, Leaquwulmirree, Murinbata, Djamunjun, Djauan, Ngalarkan, Aranda, Luritja, Pitjantjara)
Notes Full subtitle: The mythological genesis and recreative ritual of the Aboriginal tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia; the Kuppapoingo, Jumbapoingo, Birrikilli, Miarr-Miarr and Leagulawulmirree tribes at Milingimbi; the Murinbata and Djamunjun tribes of Port Keats; the Djauan and Ngalarkan tribes at the Roper River; and the Arranda, Luritja and Pitjantjara tribes of the Centre
Subtitle: The mythological genesis and recreative ritual of the aboriginal tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia; the Kuppapoingo, Jumbapoingo, Birrikilli, Miarr-Miarr and Leagulawulmirree tribes at Milingimbi; the Murinbata and Djamunjun tribes of Port Keats; the Djauan and Ngalarkan tribes at the Roper River; and the Arranda, Luritja and Pitjantjara tribes of the Centre
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Religion.
Legends -- Australia.
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian.
Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Religion
Legends -- Northern Territory
Aboriginal Australians -- Legends
Folklore -- Australia.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Religion
Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Folklore
Legends -- Australia -- Northern Territory
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory
Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory
Rainbow serpent.
Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore.
Djinang / Dyinang language (N94.1) (NT SD53-02)
Burarra language (N82) (NT SD53-02)
Arrernte / Aranda language (C8) (NT SG53-02)
Ngalakan people (N77) (NT SE53-02)
Jawoyn people (N57) (NT SD53-09)
Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
Burarra people (N82) (NT SD53-02)
Liyagalawumirr / Layagalawumirr people (N108) (NT SD53-02)
Murrinhpatha language (N3) (NT SD52-11)
Liyagalawumirr / Layagalawumirr language (N108) (NT SD53-02)
Stories and motifs - Fire.
Stories and motifs - Snakes.
Djambarrpuyngu language (N115) (NT SD53-03)
Luritja / Loritja language (C7.1) (NT SG52-04)
Jaminjung / Djaminjung language (N18) (NT SD52-15)
Djambarrpuyngu people (N115) (NT SD53-03)
Stories and motifs - Flood.
Djinang / Dyinang people (N94.1) (NT SD53-02)
Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology.
Environment - Land management - Fire.
Jawoyn language (N57) (NT SD53-09)
Gupapuyngu language (N122.1) (NT SD53-03)
Jaminjung / Djaminjung people (N18) (NT SD52-15)
Gupapuyngu people (N122.1) (NT SD53-03)
Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
Stories and motifs - Dingoes / dogs.
Luritja / Loritja people (C7.1) (NT SG52-04)
Murrinhpatha people (N3) (NT SD52-11)
Ngalakan language (N77) (NT SE53-02)
Pitjantjatjara language (C6) (NT SG52-11)
Aboriginal Australians.
Rainbow serpent.
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian.
Legends.
Aboriginal Australians -- Religion.
Pitjantjatjara language C6.
Liyagalawumirr language N108.
Jawoyn language N57.
Luritja language C7.1.
Arrernte language C8.
Gupapuyngu language N122.1.
Djambarrpuyngu language N115.
Djinang language N94.1.
Jaminjung language N18.
Roper River (NT Top End SD53-09, SD53-10, SD53-11)
Wadeye / Port Keats (Daly River NT Top End SD52-11)
Milingimbi (Central Arnhem Land NT SD53-02)
Areyonga (South Central NT SG53-01)
Daly Waters (North NT SE53-01)
Wugularr / Beswick (NT Top End Upper Roper SD53-09)
Ikuntji / Haasts Bluff (South Central NT SF52-16)
Northern Territory.
Australia.
Genre/Form Legends.
Author Robinson, Roland, 1912-1992
LC no. 68034212