In Australia there were many tribes that have their
own stories; some of the tribes that were part of this country were South
Australia, Central Victoria and people who lived on the north coast of New
South Wales and many others tribes.
Myths & Leyends
The Australian aboriginal mythology, also know as
“Dreamtime”, a term used to refer collectively to aboriginal religious beliefs.
Most of the Myths and Leyends are situated in places
of Australia that have significant meaning for Australian people and for all
people of the world that know this country and know that its geography is
fascinating and whose remoteness evokes a sense of magic.
These fascinating
beliefs about Australia may or may not
be true, so true or false here are some stories and Leyends about Australia and
mainly stories that talk about its
creation.
To emphasize the information about myths and legends, three legends that are very common in Australia
Tiddalik the Thirsty Frog
Tiddalik the Thirsty Frog is
one of the stories the Aborigines tell about The Dreamtime, the time before
humans. In this story, Tiddalik, a frog, was thirsty, very thirsty. So thirsty,
in fact, that he drank up all the water that was in all the lakes and ponds and
rivers. Consequently, none of the other animals had any water to drink or swim and
bathe in. Seeing this, all the other animals decided they needed to make
Tiddalik laugh. If he laughed, they hoped he’d open his mouth and all the water
would go back to where it belonged.
The kookaburra, an
Australian bird that is known it make a laughing sound, tried first. He told
lots of jokes. So many, that he himself started laughing like crazy. Tiddalik
did not laugh. The kangaroos went next. They played leapfrog and jumping as
high as they do. Tiddalik still did not laugh. Next the frill-necked lizard
tried sticking out his frill as far as it would go, but Tiddalik was still
silent. Finally the eel slithered by. He twisted and turned himself into all
sorts of crazy shapes, eventually tying himself into a knot. That did it for
Tiddalik. The big frog laughed and laughed, and all the water went back to
where it belonged.
Mirram and Wareen
Mirram and Wareen is another
story about The Dreamtime that explains how wombats got their flat heads, and
how kangaroos got their long tails.
Before either of those
animals had those attributes, Mirram, a kangaroo, and Wareen, a wombat, were
best friends. Wareen built a hut for the two of them to sleep in, but Mirram
liked sleeping under the stars better and occasionally made fun of Wareen for
sleeping indoors. When a cold wet winter storm came, Mirram wanted a warm, dry
place to sleep. He banged on the door and asked Wareen to let him in, but
Wareen was tired of Mirram making fun of him, so he refused to let him in,
claiming there wasn’t enough room. Mirram pushed his way in anyway and slept
indoors.
The next day, the two
friends woke up feeling awful. Mirram was mad that Wareen didn’t make a fire
for him, and Wareen was mad that Mirram was such a bully. Mirram found a large
flat rock and dropped it smack on Wareen’s head, squashing it as flat as the
rock. That, Mirram explained, would teach Wareen not to be so selfish. To get
him back, Wareen threw a spear at Mirram’s backside. When the kangaroo pulled
it out, it stretched his bum into a tail a lifelong reminder of his
selfishness.
Since then, wombats have
always had flat heads and lived indoors, and kangaroos have always been
long-tailed nomads.
These two stories reflect
the importance of the animals for aboriginal people, the first story talked
about a frog that drank all the water of the lake and the second the aboriginal
people tried to find and answer about the noombat, an important and strange
animal of Australia.
For the Australian
Aborigines, the sky was a textbook of morals and stories retold around
campfires. They had their own zodiac made of birds, fishes and dancing men and
it was the backdrop to their existence for tens of thousands of years.
The next story is related
with the topic about the universe and the creation of the nature, men and the
astros. All tribes have their own stories of how the sun first came to be and
this tale comes from Central Victoria.
How The Sun Came To Be
Early in the Dreamtime, before
the sun had begun to shine, there was a young woman who decided to leave her
group because the elders would not allow her to marry the lover of her choice.
She went a long way from the
tribe and hid in a dry, rocky area. There was very little food and water here
and no safe place to sleep. The young woman was hungry, thirsty and tired but
she would not give up and return to her people. Then she saw that a group of
men from her tribe were coming to take her back by force. She ran even further
into the most barren part of the land.
Soon she was exhausted and
bruised by branches and rocks, she was near to death but somehow she managed to
keep going. Eventually her ancestor spirits became so concerned for the young
woman, they lifted her gently away in to the sky world, where she slept
peacefully for a long time.
When she awoke she found
plenty of food and water and lit a camp fire. She was all alone but not afraid
and grateful that she was at last warm and safe. She was as determined as ever
to live alone forever rather than return to her tribe but as she looked down on
them she saw that most of the men and women were sad that she had gone and her
heart began to soften. After a few days she found she was feeling very homesick
but now she belonged to the sky world and was unable to return home.
As she watched her people
she saw that they were cold. Being occupied with the chores of daily life, they
could not sit by their camp fires and keep warm as she now could.
The young woman decided to
build up her camp fire and make it so big that it would warm all the people
down below as they went about their day. So all day long she built up her fire
to give warmth to her people and as night came she let her fire die down as
they were then able to sit by their own camp fires.
When she saw how happy this
made her people, she made up her mind to light her camp fire afresh each day.
Soon her people began to look each morning for her sky-world fire. They were
very grateful for the warmth it gave them and they called it 'The Sun'.
As a conclusion we can see that the most of the
stories that form part of the leyens and myths of Australia are related with
the creation of the universe and their beautifull wildlife showing us the
importance for aboriginal people and how
they lived in peace with the nature.
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