yowies in Australian urban legends and ghost stories
ABC Religion & Ethics discussed Australian urban legends, including yowies and ghost stories. The article says Yowie stories were shoehorned into a Western hairy-man narrative after the Yeti story of the 1950s, and quotes Dr David Waldron saying ghost stories tell communities about experiences, tra…
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- 4,147
- Year
- 2,021
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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- Record ID
- 4147
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Publication
- From yowies to UFOs to panthers, what's the real story behind Australia's urban legends?; ABC Religion & Ethics / God Forbid
- Published
- 2021-08-01
- Narrative type
- Descriptive Belief Records
- Public-text label
- yowies
- Archive period
- Digital Era
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ABC Religion & Ethics discussed Australian urban legends, including yowies and ghost stories. The article says Yowie stories were shoehorned into a Western hairy-man narrative after the Yeti story of the 1950s, and quotes Dr David Waldron saying ghost stories tell communities about experiences, trauma, risk, behaviour, and injustice.
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