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Aboriginal Legends : Animal Tales
Sydney
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Reed
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1978
Z1479347
1978
selected work
short story
Indigenous story
A selection of Aboriginal legends about animals and men collected and retold by Reed, each prefaced by a non-fiction explanation of the content of the story. This book is not intended for children, but rather presents indigenous tales for general anthropological interest.
These stories represent a broad range of traditional stories from across the continent. Reed acknowledges in his introduction that he writes from a Western perspective, that 'they are a product of the 1970s, written by one whose skin is a different colour, and whose environment is completely foreign to that of the Aboriginals who devised [the stories].'
Reed organises the book into chapters with short introductions:
- Chapter One : Reptile People
- Chapter Two : Frog People
- Chapter Three : Tree People
- Chapter Four : Animal People
- Chapter Five : Flower People
- Chapter Six : Crocodile People
- Chapter Seven : Star People
- Chapter Eight : Crow People
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