Motif
Place-origin explanation through metamorphosis
place_origin_explanation_through_metamorphosis
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.
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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 2689-2774 confidence: high
The tribes around the ring turn into trees; others become birds or beasts according to their names. The place is called Googoorewon, the place of trees, with a lake over the borah site, remains of the earth ring, birds, lizards, and trees that answer with wailing and rustling voices.
The transformed trees, birds, beasts, lake, and remains of the borah ring explain the named place Googoorewon and its present features.
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