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Meamei the seven sisters: Australian Folktale
Meamei the seven sisters: Australian Folktale Wurrunnah had had a long day’s hunting, and he came back to the camp tired and hungry. He asked his old mother for durrie, but she said there was none left. Then he asked some of the other tribesmen to give him some doonburr seeds that he might make durrie for himself, But no one would give him anything. He flew into a rage and he said, “I will
The Weeoonibeens and the Piggiebillah: Australian Folktale
The Weeoonibeens and the Piggiebillah: Australian Folktale Two Weeoombeen brothers went out hunting. One brother was much younger than the other and smaller, so when they sighted an emu, the elder one said to the younger: “You stay quietly here and do not make a noise, or Piggiebillah, whose camp we passed just now, will hear you and steal the emu if I kill it. He is so strong. I’ll go on and try to
The Two Daughters: Folktale from Japan
The Two Daughters: Folktale from Japan At Akita, in the province of Inaba, lived an independent gentleman, who had two daughters, by whom he was ministered to with all filial piety. He was fond of shooting with a gun, and thus very often committed the sin (according to the teaching of holy Buddha) of taking life. He would never hearken to the admonitions of his daughters. These, mindful of the future, and aghast at the
The Man with his Leg Tied Up: Native American Folklore
The Man with his Leg Tied Up: Native American Folklore As a punishment for having once upon a time used that foot against a venerable medicine man, Aggo Dah Gauda had one leg looped up to his thigh, so that he was obliged to get along by hopping. By dint of practice he had become very skillful in this exercise, and he could make leaps which seemed almost incredible. Aggo had a beautiful daughter, and
Strong Desire and the Red Sorcerer: Native American Folklore
Strong Desire and the Red Sorcerer: Native American Folklore There was a man called Odshedoph, or the Child of Strong Desires, who had a wife and one son. He had withdrawn his family from the village, where they had spent the winter, to the neighborhood of a distant forest, where game abounded. This wood was a day’s travel from his winter home, and under its ample shadow the wife fixed the lodge, while the husband
Gray Eagle and his Five Brothers: Native American Folklore
Gray Eagle and his Five Brothers: Native American Folklore There were six falcons living in a nest, five of whom were still too young to fly, when it so happened that both the parent birds were shot in one day. The young brood waited anxiously for their return; but night came, and they were left without parents and without food. Gray Eagle, the eldest, and the only one whose feathers had become stout enough to