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Ankotarinja, an Aranda myth
Oceania • 4 • Published In 1933 • Pages: 187-200
By: Strehlow, Theodor Georg Heinrich.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article contains a translation of a myth and a description of its enactment. The data are explained so clearly that the traditions and beliefs of which the myth is a symbol appear in their true cultural context. Beliefs about Ariltja men and Churinga are fully explained.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Literary texts
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aranda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Australia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- WAB ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Australia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Theodor Georg Heinrich Strehlow
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 38017490
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aranda (Australian people)