Australia

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 … Read more

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 … Read more