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Comparative Myth and Story Collections
Broader Aboriginal Australian myth and story collections that gather material from more than one local region.
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Texts
Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines — W. J. ThomasA collection of Aboriginal Australian myths and legends including creation stories, flood narratives, star legends, and animal origin tales from across the continentThe Stone Axe of Burkamukk — Mary Grant BruceMary Grant Bruce’s The Stone Axe of Burkamukk (London and Melbourne, 1922): thirteen Aboriginal Australian legends retold in English for young readers, among them the chief Burkamukk’s sons, his stone axe and the monster kangaroo Kuperee, Waung the Crow and Wurip the Fire-Bringer and the bringing of fire, the emu, the pelican, the stars, the sun and the moon, and the great frog who swallowed the waters.