y separately published work icon Children's Stories from the Worora selected work   prose   dreaming story   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Children's Stories from the Worora
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The anthropologist Peter Lucich conducted fieldwork at Mowanjum Presbyterian Mission in the Kimberley region of Western Australia between 1963 and 1964. Elkin Umbagai told the children's dreaming stories that Lucich recorded. Each chapter of this book is devoted to a single story which appears in several versions :


    • The storyteller's version in her language transcribed by Lucich, using symbols derived from the International Phonetic Alphabet. Umbagi's direct English translation appears underneath the Worora words.
    • Luchich's free translation using English grammatical structure.
    • Umbagi's English language version of the story if it was recorded by Lucich.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies , 1969 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Native Cat and the Black-headed Python, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 1-6)
The Boab Tree, Elkin Umbagai , single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 7-12)
The Sea Devil, Elkin Umbagai , single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 13-16)
How the Agula Swallowed the Two Boys, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 17-24)
The Man in the Well, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 25-32)
How the Moon Fell on the Two Children, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 33-34)
The Sun, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 35-37)
The Devil and the Bats, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 38-40)
The Kingfisher and his Dog, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 41-45)
The Two Boys and their Father, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 46-51)
The Flood, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 52-57)
The Hawk and the Crow, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 58-63)
The Talking Dog, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 64-65)
The Two Nightbirds, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 66-69)
The Porcupine and the Rasp Tailed Rat, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 70-72)
A Young Woman and a Sea Snake, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 73-75)
How the Sea Animals and Snakes Shifted one of the Mountains, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 76-79)
The Parrot Sneaking the Fire, single work prose dreaming story children's (p. 80-82)
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