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Aranda traditionsbook chapter 1947 • Strehlow, Theodor Georg Heinrich
Aranda • Oceania > Australia
This document is a compilation of three papers that Strehlow wrote in 1934 but did not publish until 1947 because he had taken a pledge of secrecy during the lifetimes of his informants. Strehlow examined the major types of myths, the variations in t...Ankotarinja, an Aranda mytharticle 1933 • Strehlow, Theodor Georg Heinrich
Aranda • Oceania > Australia
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 Chu...