Wanjina: notes on some iconic ancestral beings of the Northern Kimberley
History of Wanjina research and recordings : 1838-1910 -- accidental avocational discoveries; 1911-1970 : The growth of informed research; McCaffrey's contribution to understanding Wandjina iconography; Post 1960s research on Wanjinas; Summary -- Wanjinas, rainmaking and control of the elements...
| Summary: | History of Wanjina research and recordings : 1838-1910 -- accidental avocational discoveries; 1911-1970 : The growth of informed research; McCaffrey's contribution to understanding Wandjina iconography; Post 1960s research on Wanjinas; Summary -- Wanjinas, rainmaking and control of the elements: clubs and weather control; beards, hair, wanjinas and rainmakign -- Sea wanjinas, coast wanjinas -- two sagas or one great saga? : sequence of events linking some Wanjinas in the hinterland with some Wanjinas on coast -- Wanjina art -- a general statement -- Concluding thoughts -- List of Appendices : Appendix 1 : Drawing showing the anatomy of a Wunambal Wanjina -- Appendix 2: Some elemental figures on Wanjina identified on the head -- Appendix 3: List of named Wanjinas with locations and references -- Appendix 4: Walanganda, Unggud, Galeru and wanjinas -- Appendix 5: Narratives related to the Wanlirri saga and Tumbi the owl -- Appendix 6: Myths relating to sea wanjinas -- Appendix 7: Links between coastal and hinterland elements of the greater wanjina saga -- Appendix 8: Other cosmological beings associated with Wanjina rock art -- Appendix 9: Some mythology relating to contemporary cosmological anthropomorphic beings other than Wanjinas. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 87-93 |
| ISBN: | 0859056287 |