Motif
etiological explanation of Galah bald patch and red prickly lizard
etiological_explanation_of_galah_bald_patch_and_red_prickly_lizard
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Metamorphic Origin Explanations. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
indigenous australian
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Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 457-559 confidence: high
Oolah throws a bubberah with extra twist and force; it hits the Galah on the head, removing feathers and skin. The Galah shrieks, follows Oolah, rolls him on a bindeah bush, rubs him with her bleeding head, and says he will always carry bindeahs and her blood-stain.
The narrator connects the Galah's bald patch and the red prickly lizard's spikes to the injury, retaliation, and declarations in the story.
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