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Wurrunnah in Legends and Spirit Figures

YEAR
1905
PLACE
New South Wales
SOURCE
Wikisource
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Wurrunnah in Legends and Spirit Figures

The Pleiades are seven sisters, as usual, the dimmed ones having been dulled because on earth Wurrunnah seized them and tried to melt the crystal off them at a fire; for, beautiful as they were with their long hair, they ​were ice-maidens. But he was unsuccessful beyond dulling their brightness, fo…

Record ID
1,375
Year
1,905
Source
Wikisource
Index status
Archive detail (not indexed)

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Record context

Record ID
1375
Source
Wikisource
Publication
The Euahlayi Tribe; K. Langloh Parker
Published
1905
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
Wurrunnah
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
North-western New South Wales (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
Source voice
Source Grounded Section Record
Publicness
Public Domain Public Web

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The Pleiades are seven sisters, as usual, the dimmed ones having been dulled because on earth Wurrunnah seized them and tried to melt the crystal off them at a fire; for, beautiful as they were with their long hair, they ​were ice-maidens. But he was unsuccessful beyond dulling their brightness, for the ice as it melted put out the fire. The two ice-maidens were miserable on earth with him, and eventually escaped by the aid of one of their 'multiplex totems,' the pine-tree. Wurrunnah had told them to get him pine bark. Now the Meamei—Pleiades—belong to the Beewee totem, so does the pine-tree. They chopped the pine bark, and as.

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